Dr. Lee Pinnell
PUBLICATIONS
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Lee Pinnell is a Research Assistant Professor and microbial ecologist with VERO and the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (VLCS). Prior to joining VLCS, he received his PhD in marine biology from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and his MSc from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. After his PhD, he was a Postdoctoral Scientist with the Molecular and Microbial Ecology Group at the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois. His research aims to protect and improve animal and ecosystem health through the exploration of microbial interactions in the Anthropocene. The majority of his research explores the ecology of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in agricultural systems, the impact of anthropogenic stressors on microbial processes, and host-microbe relationships in managed/built environments.
EDUCATION & PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
- BSc, Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON, 2009
- MSc, Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON, 2011
- Research Technologist, SickKids Hospital, Toronto ON, 2013-105
- PhD, Marine Biology, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi TX, 2019
- Postdoctoral Scientist, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago IL, 2019-2021
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University, Canyon TX, 2021-2023
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
- Ecology of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in agricultural animals/systems and aquatic environments
- Impact of anthropogenic stressors on environmental microbial processes
- Host-microbe relationships in managed/built environments
RESEARCH TOPICS
- Agricultural environments
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Anthropogenic stressors
- Aquatic environments
- Bovine Respiratory Disease
- Bovine Liver Abscesses
- Built/managed environments
- Gut-liver and gut-lung axes
- Microbial ecology