UC San Diego Ranks 9th in the World for Most Influential Researchers, Including BYI Pieter C. Dorrestein

Among other recurring thought-leaders on the list, Pieter Dorrestein, PhD (2008 BYI) a professor of pharmacy, pharmacology, and pediatrics is also featured. Dorrestein is a chemist who has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher for the past seven years and is recognized in both microbiology and the biology and biochemistry categories.

Dorrestein is developing experimental and computational strategies to decode the microbiome's language, a breakthrough that could revolutionize our understanding of human health. His work promises to enable more precise stratification of clinical studies based on microbial metabolites, diet, medications and other exposure patterns. These approaches that enable the deciphering of the microbial language may lead to new treatments of metabolic disorders, infections, and even memory function.