Email

Katherine.Lemon@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Pediatric-Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Associate Professor

Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Faculty Member

Immunology and Microbiology (IY)
Graduate Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Faculty Member

Quantitative & Computational Biosciences (QCB)
Graduate Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Education

Postdoctoral Training at Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts United States

Laboratory of Dr. Roberto Kolter

Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts United States

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Residency at Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts United States

Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics

MD from Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts United States

PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Biology, Laboratory of Dr. Alan Grossman

AB from Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Certifications

Board Certified in Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

2005 - present

Board Certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

American Board of Pediatrics

2007 - present

Professional Interests

• Human Nasal Microbiome
• Microbe-Microbe Interactions

Websites

Selected Publications

• Claesen J, Spagnolo JB, Flores Ramos S, Kurita KL, Byrd AB, Aksenov AA, Melnik AV, Wong WR, Wang S, Hernandez RD, Donia MS, Dorrestein PC, Kong HH, Segre JA, Linington RG, Fischbach MA, Lemon KP "A Cutibacterium acnes antibiotic modulates human skin microbiota composition in hair follicles." Sci Transl Med .. 2020 Nov 18;12(570):eaay5445
• Brugger SD, Eslami SM, Pettigrew MM, Escapa IF, Henke MT, Kong Y, Lemon KP "Dolosigranulum pigrum Cooperation and Competition in Human Nasal Microbiota." mSphere. 2020 Sep;5:e00852-20. Pubmed PMID: 32907957
• Flores Ramos S, Brugger SD, Escapa IF, Skeete CA, Cotton SL, Eslami SM, Gao W, Bomar L, Tran TH, Jones DS, Minot S, Roberts RJ, Johnston CD, Lemon KP. "Genomic Stability and Genetic Defense Systems in Dolosigranulum pigrum, a Candidate Beneficial Bacterium from the Human Microbiome." mSystems. 2021 Sep 21;6(5) Pubmed PMID: 34546072
• Boyd AI, Kafer LA, F Escapa I, Kambal A, Tariq H, Hilsenbeck SG, Nguyen-Phuc H, Rajan A, Lensmire JM, Patras KA, Piedra PA, Blutt SE, Lemon KP "Nasal microbionts differentially colonize and elicit cytokines in human nasal epithelial organoids." 2025 Sep; Pubmed PMID: 41025782

Funding

Mechanisms of Corynebacterium-Dolosigranulum Interactions that Shape Human Nasal Microbiota - #R35 GM141806

( 04/01/2021 - 03/31/2026 )

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal Surfaces - #U19 AI157981

( 03/01/2021 - 02/28/2026 )

Grant funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Subproject: Nasal Microbial Consortia Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria