Elisha Wood-Charlson
Scientific Community Engagement Lead
RDA Member Since: 01-01-1970
Bio:
Elisha M Wood-Charlson is the Scientific Community Engagement Lead for the US Dept of Energy's Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase, kbase.us), and a member of the National Microbiome Data Collaborative team (NMDC, microbiomedata.org). She has a PhD and 10+ years of experience as a microbial ecologist focused on host-microbe-virus interactions in the marine environment. Since leaving the research bench, she has moved into the realm of scientific community engagement, with the goal of making microbiome data science more efficient through effective collaboration, building trust in online communities, and developing shared ownership throughout the scientific process.