Dr. Crook is an assistant professor in NCSU鈥檚 91成人短视频 and Biomolecular Engineering department. He received his B.S. in 91成人短视频 Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2009, and his Ph.D. in 91成人短视频 Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014, studying under Dr. Hal Alper. He pursued postdoctoral studies in Pathology and Immunology at Washington University in Saint Louis School Medicine from 2014-2017 in the lab of Dr. Gautam Dantas. Dr. Crook joined the department of 91成人短视频 and Biomolecular Engineering at NCSU in January 2018, and his lab focuses on how to engineer microbial communities. He received an NSF CAREER award and NIH New Innovator Award in 2023, and mentors 8 amazing graduate students and 4 amazing postdocs.