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Research Interests
Americas, Africa, biological anthropology, environment, food, health and medicine, globalization, development, evolution.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
… → 2013
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Identifying non-human primate models for specific human microbiome traits
Amato, K. R. (PD/PI)
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
8/15/24 → 5/31/26
Project: Research project
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Understanding environmental impacts on the gut microbiome across the lifespan
Amato, K. R. (PD/PI)
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2/1/24 → 3/31/26
Project: Research project
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Integrative Wildlife Nutrition: From Molecules and Microbes to Macro-Ecology
Amato, K. R. (PD/PI), Amato, K. R. (PD/PI) & Amato, K. R. (PD/PI)
9/15/22 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
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HDR DSC: Collaborative Research: The Metropolitan Chicago Data Science Corps (MCDC): Learning from Data to Support Communities
van der Lee, S. (PD/PI), van der Lee, S. (PD/PI), van der Lee, S. (PD/PI), Birkett, M. A. (Co-PD/PI), Birkett, M. A. (Co-PD/PI), Birkett, M. A. (Co-PD/PI), Goldberg, B. B. (Co-PD/PI), Goldberg, B. B. (Co-PD/PI), Goldberg, B. B. (Co-PD/PI), Schanzenbach, D. W. (Co-PD/PI), Schanzenbach, D. W. (Co-PD/PI), Schanzenbach, D. W. (Co-PD/PI), Amaral, L. A. N. (Other), Amaral, L. A. N. (Other), Amaral, L. A. N. (Other), Amato, K. R. (Other), Amato, K. R. (Other), Amato, K. R. (Other), Blomberg Stathopoulos, A. I. (Other), Blomberg Stathopoulos, A. I. (Other), Blomberg Stathopoulos, A. I. (Other), Brown, C. H. (Other), Brown, C. H. (Other), Brown, C. H. (Other), Drane, D. L. (Other), Drane, D. L. (Other), Drane, D. L. (Other), Dunn, J. B. (Other), Dunn, J. B. (Other), Dunn, J. B. (Other), Gray, K. A. (Other), Gray, K. A. (Other), Gray, K. A. (Other), Hambleton, J. P. (Other), Hambleton, J. P. (Other), Hambleton, J. P. (Other), Hammond, K. J. (Other), Hammond, K. J. (Other), Hammond, K. J. (Other), Hedges, L. V. (Other), Hedges, L. V. (Other), Hedges, L. V. (Other), Horton, D. E. (Other), Horton, D. E. (Other), Horton, D. E. (Other), Kuyper, A. M. (Other), Kuyper, A. M. (Other), Kuyper, A. M. (Other), Linna Jr., D. W. (Other), Linna Jr., D. W. (Other), Linna Jr., D. W. (Other), Miller, W. M. (Other), Miller, W. M. (Other), Miller, W. M. (Other), Packman, A. (Other), Packman, A. (Other), Packman, A. (Other), Pah, A. R. (Other), Pah, A. R. (Other), Pah, A. R. (Other), Papachristos, A. V. (Other), Papachristos, A. V. (Other), Papachristos, A. V. (Other), Phillips II, G. (Other), Phillips II, G. (Other), Phillips II, G. (Other), Rogers, J. M. (Other), Rogers, J. M. (Other), Rogers, J. M. (Other), Van Wart, S. J. (Other), Van Wart, S. J. (Other), Van Wart, S. J. (Other), Voigt, R. (Other), Voigt, R. (Other), Voigt, R. (Other), Wells, G. (Other), Wells, G. (Other), Wells, G. (Other), Youn, H. (Other), Youn, H. (Other) & Youn, H. (Other)
9/1/21 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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The effect of plant antimicrobial properties on primate food choice
Amato, K. R. (PD/PI), Amato, K. R. (PD/PI) & Amato, K. R. (PD/PI)
3/1/21 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices
Degregori, S., Wang, X., Kommala, A., Schulhof, N., Moradi, S., MacDonald, A., Eblen, K., Jukovich, S., Smith, E., Kelleher, E., Suzuki, K., Hall, Z., Knight, R. & Amato, K. R., Apr 2025, In: Biological Reviews. 100, 2, p. 748-763 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of Vegetable and Fruit Juicing on Gut and Oral Microbiome Composition
Sardaro, M. L. S., Grote, V., Baik, J., Atallah, M., Amato, K. R. & Ring, M. R., Feb 2025, In: Nutrients. 17, 3, 458.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the Utility of the Gut Microbiome as a Longitudinal Health Monitoring Tool in Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Amato, K. R., Lake, B. R., Ozminkowski, S., Jiang, H., Moy, M., Sardaro, M. L. S., Fultz, A. & Hopper, L. M., Mar 2025, In: American journal of primatology. 87, 3, e70004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interactions with alloparents are associated with the diversity of infant skin and fecal bacterial communities in Chicago, United States
Manus, M. B., Sardaro, M. L. S., Dada, O., Davis, M. I., Romoff, M. R., Torello, S. G., Ubadigbo, E., Wu, R. C., Miller, E. S. & Amato, K. R., Jan 2025, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 37, 1, e23972.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Population Dynamics and the Microbiome in a Wild Boreal Mammal: The Snowshoe Hare Cycle and Impacts of Diet, Season and Predation Risk
Stothart, M. R., Lavergne, S., McCaw, L., Singh, H., de Vega, W., Amato, K., Poissant, J. & Boonstra, R., Feb 2025, In: Molecular Ecology. 34, 3, e17629.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Kramato-lab/human-cerc-microbiome: First release of analysis code
Amato, K. R. (Contributor), Mallott, E. K. (Contributor) & McDonald, D. (Contributor), ZENODO, Aug 24 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3376349, https://zenodo.org/record/3376349
Dataset
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Data for the publication Climate and nutrition drive gut microbiome variation in a fruit-specialist primate
Rothman, J. M. (Contributor), Beeby, N. (Contributor), Baden, A. L. (Contributor), Amato, K. R. (Contributor) & Webster, T. H. (Contributor), ZENODO, Sep 7 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13728520, https://zenodo.org/records/13728520
Dataset
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Reproductive hormones mediate changes in the gut microbiome during pregnancy and lactation in Phayre's leaf monkeys
Mallott, E. (Contributor), Borries, C. (Contributor), Koenig, A. (Contributor), Lu, A. (Contributor) & Amato, K. R. (Contributor), ZENODO, Feb 17 2022
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrv4g, https://zenodo.org/record/3979712
Dataset
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Reproductive hormones mediate changes in the gut microbiome during pregnancy and lactation in Phayre’s leaf monkeys
Mallott, E. (Creator), Borries, C. (Creator), Koenig, A. (Creator), Lu, A. (Creator) & Amato, K. R. (Creator), Dryad, Aug 11 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrv4g, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrv4g
Dataset
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Seasonal shifts in the gut microbiome indicate plastic responses to diet in wild geladas
Baniel, A. (Creator), Amato, K. R. (Creator), Beehner, J. C. (Creator), Bergman, T. J. (Creator), Mercer, A. (Creator), Perlman, R. F. (Creator), Petrullo, L. (Creator), Reitsema, L. (Creator), Sams, S. (Creator), Lu, A. (Creator) & Snyder-Mackler, N. (Creator), figshare, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5279499, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Seasonal_shifts_in_the_gut_microbiome_indicate_plastic_responses_to_diet_in_wild_geladas/5279499
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