Jens Walter

Dr. Jens Walter holds a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Hohenheim, Germany and is a professor of Ecology, Food and the Microbiome at the University College Cork – National University of Ireland, School of Microbiology, Department of Medicine and APC Microbiome Ireland.

He was a former professor and Campus Alberta Innovation Program (CAIP) chair at the University of Alberta, and former associate professor at University of Nebraska.

Dr. Walter has more than 145 peer-reviewed published or accepted papers, mainly on the different facets of the microbiome. Topics covered include the effects of diet to the microbiota and immunity; determining levels and strains of microbiota in relation with fecal microbiota transplant, drug therapy, and clinical cases; and harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss among others.