
My research program is dedicated to examining the interactions between microbial communities and their surrounding environments to improve our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that microbes use to adapt and respond to changes in the environment.
This website presents current research and educational activities associated with understanding the co-evolution of life and its environment with the goal of making this knowledge accessible to all.
Research Interests

Effects of Microgravity on Animal-Microbe Symbioses

Elucidating the modern microbialite microbiome

What are Stromatolites?
Recent News

New paper on the genome of the model squid Euprymna scolopes
The genome and reference transcriptome of the bobtail squid is out in PNAS. Download Article

New paper on metagenomes of stromatolites of Hamelin Pool in Western Australia
A paper in the special issue of Frontiers in Microbiology compares the metagenomes of stromatolites

New paper on the microbial diversity and biochemistry of Bahamian thrombolites
A new paper is coming out in the journal Astrobiology that examines the spatial diversity

New Paper on Effects of Microgravity on Host-Microbe Interactions
A new paper is coming out this month in Scientific Reports that describes out work

Video on What is a Stromatolite?
Thanks to a collaboration between the University of Florida and Bush Heritage Australia a new