Steve Lindemann performed his undergraduate work in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University, earning a B.S. with specializations in microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics in 2004. He went on to the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, where he completed his Ph.D. with Dr. Bradley D. Jones in 2010 on the virulence genetics of the causative agent of rabbit fever, Francisella tularensis. Subsequently, he performed his post-doctoral research with Dr. James K. Fredrickson at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on systems biology and metabolic interactions in environmental microbial communities. In 2016, Dr. Lindemann took this molecular microbial ecology approach back to human health at his alma mater, becoming an assistant professor in the Department of Food Science, where he now focuses on host-pathogen-commensal interactions within and dietary influences on the human gut microbiome. Specifically, his laboratory focuses on understanding the role of dietary fiber physical and chemical structuring on gut microbial ecology, with the goal of engineering fiber polysaccharide structure to target microbiota for improved health via modulation of the microbiome. He also holds courtesy appointments with the Departments of Nutrition Science, Biological Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue. In 2021, Dr. Lindemann was promoted to associate professor with tenure, and in 2022 he was both seated as the Philip E. Nelson Endowed Chair in Food Science and named a Showalter Faculty Scholar, an award for outstanding mid-career faculty.