Kristin Dolan, PhD
Associate Director of Operati
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Kristin Dolan is the Associate Director for the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (BCMM), where she oversees operations, strategy, and all programming for a community of over 200 researchers.

Education & Training

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• Ph.D. Microbial Ecology University of California, Irvine
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco
• B.Sc. Environmental Studies University of California, Santa Barbara

Websites

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• Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (microbiome.ucsf.edu)
• Posts on X ucsfmicrobiome (X.com)
• LinkedIn Profile (linkedin.com)

Publications (11)

Top publication keywords:
EcosystemExtinction, BiologicalBiodiversityNitrogenCarbonDroughtsClimate ChangeSoil MicrobiologyMicrobial ConsortiaFungiGrasslandPlant LeavesBacteriaCarbon CycleSubstrate Specificity

• Phylogenetic conservation of substrate use specialization in leaf litter bacteria.
  PloS one 2017 Dolan KL, Peña J, Allison SD, Martiny JB
• A general biodiversity–function relationship is mediated by trophic level
  Oikos 2017 O'Connor MI, Gonzalez A, Byrnes JEK, Cardinale BJ, Duffy JE, Gamfeldt L, Griffin JN, Hooper D, Hungate BA, Paquette A, Thompson PL, Dee LE and Dolan KL
• Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. S. Levin, editor
  Microbial Biodiversity 2017 Chase A, KL Dolan, DJ Mohamed, and JBH Martiny
• Temporal variation overshadows the response of leaf litter microbial communities to simulated global change.
  The ISME journal 2015 Matulich KL, Weihe C, Allison SD, Amend AS, Berlemont R, Goulden ML, Kimball S, Martiny AC, Martiny JB
• Nitrogen addition, not initial phylogenetic diversity, increases litter decomposition by fungal communities.
  Frontiers in microbiology 2015 Amend AS, Matulich KL, Martiny JB

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• Microbial composition alters the response of litter decomposition to environmental change.
  Ecology 2015 Matulich KL, Martiny JB
• Elemental stoichiometry of Fungi and Bacteria strains from grassland leaf litter
  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2014 Mouginot C, Kiwamura R, Matulich KL, Berlemont R, Allison SD, Amend AS, Martiny AC
• Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. S. Levin, editor
  Microbial Biodiversity 2013 Matulich KL, DJ Mohamed, and JBH Martiny
• Fundamentals of microbial community resistance and resilience.
  Frontiers in microbiology 2012 Shade A, Peter H, Allison SD, Baho DL, Berga M, Bürgmann H, Huber DH, Langenheder S, Lennon JT, Martiny JB, Matulich KL, Schmidt TM, Handelsman J
• A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change.
  Nature 2012 Hooper DU, Adair EC, Cardinale BJ, Byrnes JE, Hungate BA, Matulich KL, Gonzalez A, Duffy JE, Gamfeldt L, O'Connor MI
• The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems.
  American journal of botany 2011 Cardinale BJ, Matulich KL, Hooper DU, Byrnes JE, Duffy E, Gamfeldt L, Balvanera P, O'Connor MI, Gonzalez A