Soon after A. Murat Eren (known as Meren) came to the MBL's Bay Paul Center as a postdoctoral scientist in 2011, he began turning heads with his creative, computation-based approaches to visualizing and discovering microbial diversity. Today, Meren is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, an MBL Fellow, and a faculty member in the MBL Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structures (STAMPS) course, which begins this week.

Writing for the "Molecular Ecologist," Kelle Freel presents a Q & A with Meren that touches on his "interesting, eclectic" background, his values, and his scientific goals. 

Figure 4. Eren et al., 2015. PeerJ.
Figure 4. Eren et al., 2015. PeerJ.
 

Read more: Understanding diverse microbial communities: An interview with A. Murat Eren (Meren) | The Molecular Ecologist