Portrait of Ashley K. Miles
Kauffman Lab · University at Buffalo

Ashley K. Miles

PhD Candidate · Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine

I'm a computational and experimental biologist working across microbial ecology, AI/ML-driven bioinformatics, multi-omics integration, and functional genomics. I build tools and assays that turn large-scale sequence data into testable biology — currently mapping how mobile genetic elements shape microbial chemistry in the oral microbiome, including a secreted graspetide protease inhibitor in Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Microbial ecology Bioinformatics Mobile genetic elements Multi-omics Machine learning / AI Functional genomics