Rate My Professor Anthony Fodor

Anthony Fodor is a Professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a position he has held since 2005. He received his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Washington in 1998. Fodor's research focuses on applying analytical techniques to vast datasets from modern biology, particularly characterizing microbial diversity and function in human-associated communities using high-throughput post-genomic technologies. The Fodor Lab explores the role of the human gut microbiota in fatty liver disease, employs next-generation sequencing to study infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients, examines adherent mucosal bacteria in the normal colon of patients with and without adenomas, and investigates probiotics as mediators of gut inflammation and chemopreventive agents. He contributed to the data analysis teams for the Human Microbiome Project, analyzing 16S rRNA data, and the Microbiome Quality Control Project. His interests include algorithm development, pipeline automation for reproducible meta-analyses, and linking microbial community states to health and disease outcomes. Fodor has extensive experience in next-generation sequencing technology and bioinformatics, developing tools for visualizing and interpreting biological data.

Fodor has authored numerous influential publications in high-impact journals. Notable works include 'Human colon mucosal biofilms from healthy or colon cancer hosts are carcinogenic' (The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2019), 'Assessment of variation in microbial community amplicon sequencing by the Microbiome Quality Control (MBQC) project consortium' (Nature Biotechnology, 2017), 'Rifaximin is associated with modest, transient decreases in multiple taxa in the gut microbiota of patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome' (Gut Microbes, 2019), 'Whole Genome Sequencing detects Inter-Facility Transmission of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae' (Journal of Infection, 2019), 'Towards the uniform distribution of null p-values on Affymetrix microarrays' (Genome Biology, 2007), and 'Convergent Evolution of Alternative Splices at Domain Boundaries of the BK Channel' (Annual Review of Physiology, 2009). His Google Scholar profile shows over 30,000 citations, reflecting substantial impact in bioinformatics and microbiome research. Fodor has been recognized in UNC Charlotte's Million Dollar Research Circle for leading projects securing over $1 million in external funding. He collaborates with numerous investigators in gastrointestinal biology and maintains affiliations such as with the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease at UNC Chapel Hill.