Jasmine Schoch

Jasmine graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in computer science. She first learned of the microbiome through a summer camp and started following this interest in high school, when she conducted research looking at the effects of nanoplastics on gut microbial communities. Since then, she’s been curious about how host-microbe interactions influence health and disease. While working in the Gibbons lab, Jasmine used microbial community-scale metabolic models to investigate how interactions in the rumen microbiome contribute to methane emissions in livestock. She also explored gut microbiome metabolic signatures associated with Parkinson’s disease. She’s previously worked on data visualization tools, and computational genomics projects. After graduating, Jasmine hopes to work for a few years before pursuing a PhD in a related field. Outside of work, Jasmine was an avid member of UW’s Traditional Chinese Dance team, and loved performing dances around Seattle! She is now back on the East Coast for her first big girl job.