Nandita Garud

About

Nandita Garud is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on the demographic histories and selective effects of human gut microbiota, as well as the signals of natural selection in historical populations. She has contributed significantly to the understanding of rapid adaptation and ecological stability within microbiomes, particularly in infant gut microbiomes. Professor Garud's recent work includes the evaluation of background noise correction methods in microbiome data and the detection of selective sweeps in Drosophila populations.