Prof. Dr. Shinichi Sunagawa
Prof. Dr. Shinichi Sunagawa
Associate Professor at the Department of Biology
Head of Institute of Microbiology
Additional information
Research area
We are interested in studying ecological and evolutionary factors that determine the structure, function and diversity of microbial communities. Our current focus is on the ocean ecosystem and the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans. We develop and combine bioinformatic and experimental approaches to integrate quantitative ‘meta-omics’ readouts with contextual information, with the goal to better understand and predict the role of environmental microorganisms and the underlying mechanisms of host-microbial homeostasis.
Shinichi Sunagawa is a professor in the Department of Biology at ETH Zürich since 2016. He was born in Germany, where he studied Biochemistry (Diploma 2002) and Marine Ecology (MSc 2005). In 2010, he graduated with a PhD in Systems Biology at the University of California, Merced, USA, before he joined the Computational Biology group of Peer Bork at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. At the EMBL he initially worked as a postdoc (2010-2011), and then as Research- and Staff Scientist (2012-2016). In 2016, he was appionted as Assistant Professor and promoted to Associate Professor of Microbiome Research at ETH Zürich in 2020. He is also a Didactic Fellow of ETH Zurich, providing newly appointed and interested professors with individual training in advanced didactic and peer mentoring tools.
Membership
| Since | Membership |
|---|---|
| 2019 | International Society of Microbial Ecology (ISME) |
| 2018 | Group Leader at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics |
| 2018 | Tara Pacific consortium |
| 2010 | Tara Oceans consortium |
Course Catalogue
Spring Semester 2025
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 551-0132-00L | Practical Training in Bioinformatics |
| 551-1106-00L | Progress Reports in Microbiology and Immunology |
| 551-1109-00L | Seminars in Microbiology |
| 551-1294-00L | Genetics, Genomics |