Dr. Andrew Bartko

Dr. Andrew Bartko serves as Executive Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) at UC San Diego where he is leads a team focused on fostering and expanding industry and academic collaborations to accelerate microbiome discovery and create innovative technologies to advance the field.

Prior to CMI, Dr. Bartko was a Research Leader at Battelle Memorial Institute, a nonprofit global research, and development organization committed to science and technology for the greater good.