Hello! I am a microbiome researcher interested in the interplay between microbes and their impact on human, animal and environmental health.
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at The Ohio State University (GO BUCKS!!) where I investigate the vaginal microbiome and virome of pregnant people living with HIV. I determine how specific taxa and their functions contribute to adverse birth and pregnancy outcomes in populations underrepresented in microbiome research.
Alfonso Carrillo, Emily Hageman, Lauren Chittick, Anna I. Mackey, Kimberley S. Ndlovu, Funing Tian, Naomi E. Gilbert, Daniel Muratore, Dean Vik, Gary R. LeCleir, Christine Sun, Ho B. Jang, Ricardo R. Pavan, Joshua S. Weitz, Steven W. Wilhelm, Matthew B. Sullivan
PLOS Biology, vol. 24(3), 2026, pp. 1-25
Kimberley S. Ndlovu, Ricardo R. Pavan, Jacqueline Corry, Ann C. Gregory, Samia Mahamed, Natalia Zotova, Martine Tabala, Pelagie Babakazo, Nicholas T. Funderburg, Marcel Yotebieng, Nichole R. Klatt, Jesse J. Kwiek, Matthew B. Sullivan
mSphere, vol. 11(2), 2026, pp. e00597-25
Seasonal enhancement of the viral shunt catalyzes a subsurface oxygen maximum in the Sargasso Sea
Naomi E. Gilbert, Daniel Muratore, Camelia Shopen Gochev, Gary R. LeCleir, Shelby M. Cagle, Helena L. Pound, Christine L. Sun, Alfonso Carrillo, Kimberley S. Ndlovu, Ilia Maidanik, Ashley R. Coenen, Lauren Chittick, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Alison Buchan, Debbie Lindell, Matthew B. Sullivan, Joshua S. Weitz, Steven W. Wilhelm
Nature Communications, vol. 17(1), 2025, p. 352
Kimberley Ndlovu
Aletheia, vol. 6(1), 2021