Research Interests
- Microbes as indicators of organismal health and ecosystem functioning
- Microbial symbioses
- Microbial biogeography
- Marine conservation
- Ocean Policy
- Science Diplomacy
Research Projects
- Role of marine biofilms in microbially-influenced corrosion
- Diversity and function of deep-sea coral-associated microorganisms
- Deep-sea wood-colonizing fungi
- Biogeography of shallow-water coral-associated micoroorganisms
- Identification and characterization of coral and fish pathogens
- Microspatial distribution of soil microorganisms
- Role of the microbiome in mud crab susceptibility to parasitic barnacles
- Identifying microbial indicators of aquatic health in an urban watershed
- Impacts of stream restoration on soil microbes
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