Chuen’s research explores how wild vertebrates acquire beneficial gut microbes and how functional variation arises across individuals and over their lifetimes. He examines how ecological factors and social interactions shape microbial communities, and uses genomic approaches to link host physiology with microbial function. His goal is to understand how shifts in the microbiome influence health, survival, and cognitive performance, and to reveal the broader role of host–microbe interactions in natural populations.
ACME RESEARCH
Animal Cognition and Microbial Ecology Research