Marcel van de Wouw (he/him) joined the Weston Family Foundation in 2024. He is responsible for the oversight of all programming related to the Microbiome Committee.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Marcel researched the link between the gut microbiome with child development and perinatal mental health as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary. Previous to this, he worked as a PhD researcher investigating how microbiome-targeted interventions impact the brain and behaviour using preclinical approaches at University College Cork (Ireland).

Marcel has a BSc in Biology and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience.