We leverage genetics and genomics to reveal the complex connections between invertebrates, microbes and their environment.

Our research spans terrestrial, aquatic, and endosymbiotic environments.


Implications Beyond Our World
Inevitable future: space colonization beyond Earth with microbes first.
Discourse for scientists and space administrators on how and why to elevate microorganisms as essential components of future colonization strategies of our solar system. Microbial Ecology 95(10) doi 10.1093

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