Peter Larsen, PhD

Peter Larsen, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at the UMN College of Veterinary Medicine. He is also the co-director of the Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach. Dr. Larsen is evolutionary biologist and his research is highly interdisciplinary. Broadly, his team utilizes innovative genomic approaches (e.g., transcriptomics, metagenomics, and genome sequencing) to advance research in the areas of Evolutionary Medicine and One Health. Current projects in the Larsen lab include: epigenetics of stress in dairy cattle, origin of mitochondrial dysfunction associated with neurodegenerative disease, and the discovery and surveillance of emerging zoonoses in small mammals.