Andreas Koulouktsis is a postdoctoral researcher at the DTU National Food Institute and the NNF Microbiome Health Initiative, where his research aims to bridge fundamental microbiome science with translational strategies to improve cardiometabolic health. He has a background in studying microbial metabolism and reorienting it toward therapeutic applications in metabolic diseases, through the development of engineered biotherapeutics, as well as other approaches to metabolic disease intervention.