Dr. Jose Garcia

Jose is interested in understanding the quantitative and qualitative composition of the gastrointestinal microbiota of cats and dogs, as well as the potential impact of age and other factors on the abundance of intestinal bacteria during administration of probiotics. Jose is also working in collaboration with Dr. Majid Bani from the department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences in the development of a mathematical approach to understand and predict the effect of probiotics on native intestinal bacteria of the dog. Jose is currently working in his thesis and plans to finish his PhD program by December 2011. He enjoys discussing science with his advisors Dr. Jan Suchodolski and Dr. Jorg Steiner, playing with his son Damian, and chatting with his wife Alicia every night at dinner. He has a guinea pig named Pedro, which is, Jose says, "the best pet in the world".