Wendell Khunjar

This paper introduces a field-deployable workflow for quantitative metagenomics using Nanopore sequencing and barcoded spike-in calibration, achieving species-level identification and absolute quantitation comparable to digital PCR.

This study uses genome-resolved multi-omics to show that thermal hydrolysis pretreatment reshapes microbiome structure and function in food waste conversion, increasing butyrate and valerate while maintaining propionate dominance.