I am a NSF OCE postdoctoral fellow in the Department of
Microbiology & Plant Pathology
at the University of
California, Riverside advised by Dr. Jason Stajich.

Dissertation research

For my dissertation with Dr. Jonathan Eisen at the University of California, Davis, I investigated the taxonomic diversity of seagrass-associated bacteria (aka the seagrass microbiome) and fungi (aka the seagrass mycobiome).

Seagrass image

Recent publications

Mycobiome and microbiome of sharpshooters

Our paper, "Geographical survey of the mycobiome and microbiome of Southern California glassy-winged sharpshooters. ", is now published in mSphere.

Metagenomic insight into invasion-driven shifts in the rhizosphere

Our paper, "Invasive plant species interact with drought to shift key functions and families in the native rhizosphere", is published in Plant and Soil.

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