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Sarkis K. Mazmanian, PhD

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

Sarkis K Mazmanian, PhD, is the Luis & Nelly Soux professor of microbiology in the Division of Biology & Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles, where Dr. Mazmanian also received his PhD training in microbiology and immunology. He was a Helen Hay Whitney postdoctoral fellow and subsequently appointed assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in 2006, and later that year he moved to Caltech. Dr. Mazmanian has won numerous awards including a Searle Scholar, Young Investigator of the Year at Harvard Medical School,  the Damon Runyon Innovation Award, was named by Discover Magazine as one of the “Best Brains in Science under 40,” “Life Science Superstar” by Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, and recently received the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” award.

His laboratory focuses on the study of beneficial bacterial molecules from the human gut microbiome as novel therapies for immunologic and neurologic disorders, with a specific focus on developing probiotic treatments for autism. He is a founder of two biotech companies and has or currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of over a dozen companies, academic centers, and not-for-profit foundations.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Sarkis K. Mazmanian, PhD, has disclosed that he has served as a consultant for Axial Biotherapeutics and Symbiotix.

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