Expertise

Microorganisms are the most abundant and diverse life forms on Earth. They have fast reproductive rates and evolve rapidly to changes in their environment. Microbes also carry out processes that are critical for the stability of natural and managed ecosystems.

Research areas:

  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Microbial Cell Biology and Environmental Responses
  • Microbial Interactions and Pathogenesis

Research: Microbial biodiversity: from evolution to ecosystems

Research Area:

  • Environmental Science
Past Affiliations

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University (past)

Assistant Professor, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University (past)

Assistant Professor, Environmental Science & Policy Program, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University (past)

Communities
Biological Science
Degrees
PhD, Dartmouth College, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2004
MA, University of Kansas, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1999
BS, State University of New York at Syracuse, Environmental Forest Biology, 1995