Ashley Shade

Ashley Shade, Ph.D., is Director of Research with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the University of Lyon 1, France. A microbial ecologist with over 20 years of experience, she studies microbial community ecology, biodiversity, and microbial responses to climate change. Dr. Shade is also dedicated to teaching-as-research and has developed collaborative learning strategies for the undergraduate classroom.

In 2024, Dr. Shade received the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for her research on microbial community resilience.

Dr. Shade received her bachelor's of science from Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania, USA, her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, Wisconsin, USA, and completed her post-doctoral training at Yale University, Connecticut, USA. She began her independent faculty career at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, before moving her research program to the CNRS.