Summary
Yike Shen is an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Texas at Arlington who leads the Shen Research Group, integrating environmental exposures, multi-omics, and health outcomes to advance environmental health sciences. With eight years of research experience spanning a PhD from Michigan State and postdoctoral work at Columbia’s Laboratory of Precision Environmental Health, she combines wet- and dry-lab expertise in soil, microbiome, and toxicology studies. Her work bridges fundamental soil and plant microbiome research with translational human health questions, exemplified by studies on antibiotic resistance in lettuce-soil systems and precision environmental health approaches. Based in Arlington, Texas, she brings a quantitative, interdisciplinary perspective to environmental exposure assessment and omics-driven biomarker discovery.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Environmental and Conservation Sciences, 3.37/4.00, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Environmental and Conservation Sciences, 3.37/4.00 at University of Alberta
High School Diploma, General Science, High School Diploma, General Science at The High School attached to Zhejiang University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Crop and Soil Science - Environmental Toxicology, 3.8, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Crop and Soil Science - Environmental Toxicology, 3.8 at Michigan State University
English, Chinese