Adina Howe
Professor at Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolAdina Howe is a professor and leader of the GERMS Lab at Iowa State University with 13 years of academic and research experience focused on how microbial systems interact with changing environments. Trained in mechanical and environmental engineering (Purdue) and holding a PhD in Environmental Engineering (University of Iowa), she blends quantitative engineering approaches with genomics to study and manage microbial impacts on ecosystems. Her career spans postdoctoral and scientific roles at Michigan State and Argonne National Laboratory before progressing through assistant and associate professorships to her current professorship. Known for translating complex microbiome data into actionable environmental insights, she runs an interdisciplinary lab that emphasizes applied solutions alongside fundamental discovery. As a practical collaborator based in Ames, Iowa, she brings both lab-scale genomics expertise and systems-level thinking to environmental challenges.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Purdue UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Engineering at University of Iowa
Github Skills (34)
camp10
next-generation-sequencing10
stable9
shell8
genome-assembly8
scipy8
bioinformatics7
jekyll7
automation7
metagenomics7
genomics7
boilerplate6
github-pages6
jekyll-theme6
unix6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
germs-lab/metag-pipeline
Oct 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
germs-lab/germs-lab.github.com
Mar 2018 - Nov 2025
Contributions:195 pushes, 10 branches in 7 years 9 months
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