Pollard Lab

Bioinformatics Fellow
My research focuses on decoding microbial ecology and evolution within human-associated ecosystems. I completed my undergraduate studies at UCLA, where I used synthetic biology approaches to investigate E. coli transcriptional regulation in the lab of Dr. Sriram Kosuri. As a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, I pursued my Ph.D. in the Harvard Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology program. During this time, I conducted research in Dr. Tami Lieberman’s lab at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science. My thesis combined culture-based whole genome sequencing with shotgun metagenomics to explore how phage predation shapes microbial colonization of human skin. Currently, I’m a postdoc in the Pollard lab, where I study mobile genetic elements—such as phages and plasmids—in the human gut microbiome, and their roles in maintaining gut homeostasis and contributing to dysbiosis.
I’m a California native who enjoys both coastal and city walking in my free time.

Contact Information:

delphine[dot] tripp [at] gladstone [dot] ucsf [dot] edu