Alexa Johnson
She/Her
School of Veterinary Medicine
Bio
Alexa Johnson is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Agricultural Systems and Microbial Genomics Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Animal and Food Science from University of Delaware and received other degrees from the University of California, Davis. Her research has focused on utilizing dairy cattle and equine phenotypes to identify unique gastrointestinal microbial populations and microbial activities by combining anerobic culture methods with next generation sequencing technologies.
Postdoc Appointment
Center, Lab, or Institute
- Center for Stewardship Agricultural and Food Security
Penn Faculty Mentor
- Dipti Pitta, Ph.D.
Education
Degrees
- 2023, Ph.D., Equine Microbiology, University of Delaware
- 2018, M.S., Animal Biology, The University of California, Davis
- 2016, B.S., Animal Science with Equine Emphasis, The University of California, Davis
Disertation Title
A Comparative Evaluation of the Microbiome Effects of Easy and Hard Keeper Horses
Research Advisors
- Amy Biddle, Ph.D.