#  Laura Schell 

Post-Doctoral Fellow 

 

 

 



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 email <lauraschell@g.harvard.edu> 

 



 

Laura is a postdoctoral fellow in Rachel Carmody’s Nutritional and Microbial Ecology Lab. She studies how the gut microbiome affects host energy balance, how these host-microbial interactions shape energy allocation strategy across developmental and evolutionary timescales, and their implications for modern human health.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## People
    
     [Postdocs](/people/postdocs)
- ## Research
    
     [Evolution &amp; Anatomy](/research/evolution-anatomy)