Postdoc Profile: Devin Bowes
National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) celebrates the significant contributions postdocs make to research and discovery, both university and nationwide. This Postdoc Profile is a part of a series to commemorate NPAW which takes place from September 15 to 23, 2022.
Q: What is your name?
Devin Bowes
Q: Where are you from?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Q: Where do you work at ASU?
Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering
Q: Where did you earn your doctorate?
PhD Biological Design, Arizona State University
Q: What does your research focus on?
I leverage community wastewater to non-invasively and comprehensively understand various aspects of population health and human life. This methodology is largely referred to as Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). Specifically, I am interested in linking the connections between human health and our environment, particularly as it relates to dietary-related chronic disease, health disparities, infectious disease, microbiomes, and environmental exposures (i.e., chemical or biological pollutants).
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
What I love most about Arizona is the diversity in landscape and topography within a relatively short distance. I come from a large family with 6 siblings, and play the guitar in my free time.
Q: What are your career goals?
I am pursuing a career in academia where I can continue to mentor students, conduct interdisciplinary independent research, and serve as an advocate for diversity and inclusion in this space.
In physics, mentorship may unfold at a whiteboard covered in equations. In biology, it might take shape in conversations about failure and resilience. In education and higher education, it often emerges through dialogue about justice, identity and voice.