36th Annual Trout Lecture - Dr. Maria Marco
September 23, 2025 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Contact: Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition - FSHN.Admin@msu.edu
36th Annual Trout Lecture
Maria Marco, PhD - 09.23.25 - 4:00pm-5:00pm
Lecture Title: "Exploring Dietary Microbes for Health Promotion"
Dr. Maria Marco is a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis. She earned her bachelor’s degree at The Pennsylvania State University and PhD in microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her postdoctoral research at the Wageningen University and NIZO food research, The Netherlands. Dr. Marco started her lactic acid bacteria and gut health laboratory at the University of California, Davis in 2008 focused on fermented foods, probiotics, and dietary modulation of the gut microbiome. Dr. Marco has over 130 peer-reviewed publications and has received over $30 million in research funding support from numerous federal, foundational, and international sources. She founded the ongoing Gordon Research Conference series on Lactic Acid Bacteria in 2023. Dr. Marco is currently the President of the International Society of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) and was recently inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.
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