Kirtley Amos joined the lab as a postdoctoral research scholar in September 2022. His research interests include plant-microbe interactions, building machine learning models from NGS data, and translational research.

Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, Kirtley obtained his B.S. in Medicinal and Agricultural Biotechnology, his M.S. in Bio Systems and Agricultural Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Integrated Plant and Soil Science from the University of Kentucky. Before joining the EnBiSys Lab, Kirtley was also employed as a computational scientist at a start up in the area.