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Wildman's interdisciplinary research focuses on genomics, evolution, reproduction, stress and trauma and epigenetics.

Breitbart is a biological oceanographer whose research interests include genomics, marine microbiology, wastewater microbiology, virology and molecular biology. She led groundbreaking research that identified the cause of the 2022 mass die-off long-spined sea urchins in the Caribbean and along Florida’s East coast.

Pace studies how the microbiome relates to human health and development with a focus on the first 1,000 days of life. His current research investigates diverse aspects of maternal-infant health, including relationships among maternal diet, human milk composition and maternal/infant microbiomes. He is also interested in the role of human milk in modulating immunological risks and benefits to mothers and infants.