Torey Looft, Ph.D.
Food Safety Enteric Pathogens research unit at the USDA-National Animal Disease Center
Torey Looft, Ph.D., is a research microbiologist in the Food Safety Enteric Pathogens Research Unit at the USDA-National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa. Looft completed his B.S. and M.S. at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, and his Ph.D. at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, where he studied swine microbiomes and the effects of antibiotic feed additives on intestinal microbial populations.
He currently oversees a research program focused on defining the ecology of antibiotic resistance genes in the poultry microbiome, succession of the avian microbiota after hatch and interactions between the microbiome and Salmonella and Campylobacter. In addition, Looft participates in education efforts as adjunct assistant professor in the Veterinary Microbiology Department at Iowa State University. Through these efforts, Looft seeks to improve antibiotic stewardship by modulating intestinal microbiomes to improve food safety and animal health.
He currently oversees a research program focused on defining the ecology of antibiotic resistance genes in the poultry microbiome, succession of the avian microbiota after hatch and interactions between the microbiome and Salmonella and Campylobacter. In addition, Looft participates in education efforts as adjunct assistant professor in the Veterinary Microbiology Department at Iowa State University. Through these efforts, Looft seeks to improve antibiotic stewardship by modulating intestinal microbiomes to improve food safety and animal health.