Elisha Wood-Charlson, Ph.D.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Ph.D., is the User Engagement Lead for the Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She has a Ph.D. and 10+ years of experience as a microbial ecologist focused on host-microbe-virus interactions in the marine environment. Since leaving the research bench, she has moved into the realm of scientific community engagement, with the goal of making microbiome data science more efficient through effective collaboration, building trust in online communities and developing shared ownership throughout the scientific process.