University of Georgia
Population genomics and evolution of pathogenic bacteria, antimicrobial resistance, genomic epidemiology, precision diagnostic.
Using plant and microbial synthetic biology to study and design plant form/function, engineer plant microbiomes, and aid biological carbon sequestration.
Characterization and modeling of antimicrobial resistance and disease transmission in air and water and the implications for human and environmental health.
The rules of microbial community formation to restore and engineer beneficial communities for crops under climate stress and human disease states.
Our lab seeks to uncover novel regulatory mechanisms of biofilm formation to undermine bacterial survival in chronic infections.
High throughput genetics to better understand evolution of fungal pathogens and drive antifungal drug discovery.
Marine microbial ecology and evolution; oceanography, biogeochemistry, astrobiology, bioinformatics, big data analytics in environmental science
Invertebrate microbiomes; nematode ecology and evolution; benthic and deep-sea habitats; using environmental DNA for biomonitoring
Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation, dynamics of bacterial nanomachines, microbial subcellular organization.
Marine microbial ecology; phytoplankton physiology; ocean biogeochemistry; environmental bioinformatics
