Area of research
Ecology · Immunology
Research interest
Research interests include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Marine and coastal plant biology.
Annotated genome and transcriptome of the endangered Caribbean mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) using PacBio long-read sequencing
Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity
A meta-analysis of the stony coral tissue loss disease microbiome finds key bacteria in unaffected and lesion tissue in diseased colonies
Different disease inoculations cause common responses of the host immune system and prokaryotic component of the microbiome in Acropora palmata
Bacterial Metabolic Potential and Micro-Eukaryotes Enriched in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Lesions
Microbiome signatures in Acropora cervicornis are associated with genotypic resistance to elevated nutrients and heat stress
Characterization of the Microbiome of Corals with Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease along Florida’s Coral Reef
Variation in susceptibility among three Caribbean coral species and their algal symbionts indicates the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, is particularly susceptible to elevated nutrients and heat stress
The starlet sea anemone, <i>Nematostella vectensis</i> , possesses body region-specific bacterial associations with spirochetes dominating the capitulum
Rhodobacterales and Rhizobiales Are Associated With Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and Its Suspected Sources of Transmission
Coral Bleaching Phenotypes Associated With Differential Abundances of Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses
Innate immune gene expression in Acropora palmata is consistent despite variance in yearly disease events
Microbiome differences in disease-resistant vs. susceptible Acropora corals subjected to disease challenge assays
Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, <i>Candidatus</i> Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov