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We are an ad hoc early career scientist committee of microbial ecologists. We assembled earlier this year when the world was shaken by global shutdowns due to COVID-19 and voices about racial injustice became louder. We are passionate about creating a more inclusive academic community with regard to gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background.  

The #UnityInDiversity committee is represented by

Ann Gregory, Postdoctoral Fellow, VIB Center for Microbiology, KU Leuven, Belgium
@gregory_annc
 

Evodia Setati, Chief researcher, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 
@evodiasetati
 

Anya Brown, Postdoctoral fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA
@DrAnyaBrown
 

Kaylee Arnold, Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Disease Ecology Across Scales Program, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA 
@Black_Ecologist
 

Zakee Sabree, Associate Professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, USA 
@mgrntwrkr
 

Phillip Brooks, 10X Genomics, California, USA 
@brooksph
 

Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Postdoctoral Fellow at Argonne National Lab, University of Chicago, USA
@j_marcellular
 

Laetitia Wilkins, Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
@M_helvetiae
 

Jillian Petersen, Associate professor, University of Vienna, Austria 
@jillpeterplan