Postdoctoral Fellow

Deciphering the genetic and physiological interactions between protists and their associated bacterial communities

There is a growing appreciation for using protists (single-cell eukaryotes) as bioindicators for monitoring ecosystem health...

Caves, Crustaceans, and Chemosynthetic Symbioses: An Evolutionary Study of Extreme Groundwater Systems

My research focuses on microbial and invertebrate community structure formation and evolution in extreme underwater caves. In dark anchialine caves...