RESEARCH THEMES
Invisible yet indispensable, marine microbial communities drive most of the biological and chemical cycling in aquatic ecosystems. My research combines multi-omics, ecological experiments, and geochemical techniques to investigate the structure and function of these microbiomes in freshwater and coastal marine systems. This work bridges foundational microbial ecology with emerging technologies that deepen our insight into interactions among microbes and between microbes and macroscopic organisms.
Environmetal Microbiology
Understanding the ecology of resilience depends on processes operating at multiple scales, often acting together to provide functional redundancy or buffer shifts in species interactions. To investigate these processes, I use manipulative field experiments in conjunction with laboratory studies targeting the physiological mechanisms underlying community-level patterns. Species interactions are a central focus of my work. As members of ecological communities respond to changes in the marine environent, the strength and structure of their interactions can change or disappear entirely. My research seeks to uncover how these dynamics influence ecosystem function and resilience.
