Lucas Paoli

Lucas Paoli is a Scientist at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the BIO department. He holds the title of Lecturer at the School of Life Sciences (SV) and is associated with the Paoli Group. His research interests include microbiome studies, with a focus on environmental policy and ecology. Paoli has held positions such as ELISIR Scholar (Group Leader) at EPFL since 2024 and was an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institut Pasteur from 2023 to 2024. He completed his PhD in Microbiome Research at ETH Zürich and holds a M.Phil. in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge.

Lucas Paoli is a researcher in the School of Life Sciences at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with a focus on microbial ecology and genomics. His work explores the functional and taxonomic diversity of microbial communities through metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches. He investigates the biosynthetic potential, metabolic adaptations, and ecological roles of marine and polar microbiomes, emphasizing the importance of uncultivated taxa. His research also addresses challenges in metagenome interpretation and the development of computational tools for strain-level analysis. Paoli's studies contribute to understanding microbial interactions, such as antagonism and symbiosis, and their implications for biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem dynamics.