Ronda Lab · About
About the lab
Led by Dr. Carlotta Ronda, the lab is based at the Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley and collaborates across microbiology, genome engineering, human biology, agriculture, and climate research.
Where the lab lives
Based at UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute
The Ronda Lab is based at UC Berkeley within the Innovative Genomics Institute and is part of IGI’s BIOME microbiome group. Together, Berkeley and IGI are the lab’s wet-lab and computational home, and the center of its day-to-day collaborations.
Collaborations & affiliations
Beyond Berkeley and IGI, the lab works across institutions through shared projects, joint appointments, and cross-lab collaborations.
Funding
Awarded support for the lab’s research, past and present.
Sandia National Laboratories Collaboration
2025PI · Three-year collaboration
WIES Program
2024PI · 2025 recipient
The Audacious Project (TED Audacious Environmental Genomics initiative)
2024Co-PI · Co-PI within the IGI environmental genomics program
IDOR, Brazil
2024Co-PI · Three-year collaboration
Simons Society Junior Fellowship
2017PI · PI-level appointment at Columbia University
Student research awards
Berkeley fellowships and scholarships supporting undergraduate research in the Ronda Lab.
- SURF Fellow + LSBE
Kylie Huang
SURF Fellow2026LSBE research scholarshipSURF project: Engineering Programmable Bacterial Factories for In Situ eCIS Delivery
- SURF Fellow
Nandika Nambiar
SURF FellowSURF project: CRISPR-Based Targeting of F. Nucleatum Against Colorectal Cancer
- Rose Hills Fellow
Andrew Nguyen
Rose Hills Fellow2026Mapping microbiome-driven GPCR activation patterns in inflammation
Public science & outreach
