Rate My Professor Carl Yeoman

Carl Yeoman is the Associate Vice President for Research and a Professor of Microbial Ecology in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at Montana State University, where he joined in 2012. He served as Head of the Department from 2021 to 2025 and as MT-INBRE Bioinformatics Director from 2020 to 2023. Yeoman earned his B.S. in Microbiology and Genetics in 2004 and Ph.D. in Microbial Genomics in 2009 from Massey University in New Zealand.

His academic interests center on microbial ecology, with specializations in host-associated microbial communities across humans and animals. Yeoman investigates socioecological and eco-evolutionary forces shaping these microbiomes and the molecular pathways connecting microbes to nutrition and health outcomes. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and holds awarded patents. Key publications include "Rumen microbial community composition varies with diet and host, but a core microbiome is found across a wide geographical range" (Scientific Reports, 2015), "Habitat degradation impacts black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) gastrointestinal microbiomes" (The ISME Journal, 2013), "The genome sequence of the rumen methanogen Methanobrevibacter ruminantium reveals new possibilities for controlling ruminant methane emissions" (PLoS ONE, 2010), "Thermostable enzymes as biocatalysts in the biofuel industry" (Advances in Applied Microbiology, 2010), and "The microbiome of the chicken gastrointestinal tract" (Animal Health Research Reviews, 2012). He has secured more than $18 million in competitive funding from USDA, NIH, and NSF. Yeoman received the College of Agriculture Award for Excellence in 2022 and the American Society of Animal Science Young Scientist Award in 2022. His research offers foundational insights into microbiome influences on health and ecology.