Lindsay Kalan, PhD is an associate professor in the Department Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University. Her PhD research focused on the interplay between microbial biosynthesis of antibiotics and resistance mechanisms. She then headed a research group in industry focused on the development of novel antimicrobial wound care devices before completing postdoctoral research in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania. There she made significant advances towards understanding the role of the microbiome in diabetic foot ulcers and clinical outcomes. She was awarded the Wound Healing Societies Young Investigator Award for this work. Research in Dr. Kalan’s laboratory is focused on factors shaping microbial community assembly chronic non-healing wounds and dissecting interactions within the skin microbiome mediating cross-talk between bacterial species host cells. For this work she has received the NIH Outstanding Investigator Award and the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award.