Rinku Ashok Kumar

PhD Candidate
An Indian woman with long black hair wearing a sari, a golden necklace, and a bindi on her forehead. She is standing in front of a wall.
rinku@arizona.edu

About Rinku Ashok Kumar

Rinku Ashok Kumar is a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology with a minor in medical anthropology. Currently she is conducting dissertation research in India on the phenomenon of gut microbiome testing and the idea of the gut microbiome. Her doctoral dissertation research is funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation.  

Research interests

Science and technology studies, anthropology of microbes, anthropology of food, precision and personalized health, design and innovation