Tami Lieberman

Tami Lieberman is the Hermann L. F. von Helmholtz Career Development Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on microbial evolution in real time, particularly mutations occurring within individual human microbiomes during health. Lieberman's work explores the molecular determinants of colonization success in complex environments and aims to enable precise manipulations of microbiomes in clinical and environmental contexts. Her lab investigates these dynamics through a combination of experimental and computational approaches. For more information, visit her website at https://cee.mit.edu/people_individual/tami-lieberman/ or contact her at tami@mit.edu.

Tami D. Lieberman is an Associate Professor at MIT, specializing in Microbiology, Evolutionary Biology, and the Human Microbiome. Her research explores Within-person evolution, particularly focusing on the Skin Microbiome and adaptive changes in microbial communities. Lieberman's work investigates how microbial populations evolve in response to environmental and therapeutic pressures, such as antibiotics and disease states. Her studies include the dynamics of gut and skin microbiomes, the role of genetic variation in pathogenic bacteria, and the impact of superspreading events on viral transmission. By integrating genomic and multiomics data, she aims to uncover the mechanisms driving microbial adaptation and coexistence.