Area of research
Ecology · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research focused on Ecology and Trophic level, with related work in Microbial ecology, Computational biology, Microbial population biology. Notable publications include 'Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics', 'Population Genomics of Early Events in the Ecological Differentiation of Bacteria', and 'Microbial interactions lead to rapid micro-scale successions on model marine particles'.
Climate change and Vibrio vulnificus dynamics: A blueprint for infectious diseases
The development of ecological systems along paths of least resistance
Genome content predicts the carbon catabolic preferences of heterotrophic bacteria
Stress-induced metabolic exchanges between complementary bacterial types underly a dynamic mechanism of inter-species stress resistance
Viral infection switches the balance between bacterial and eukaryotic recyclers of organic matter during coccolithophore blooms
Annotation-free discovery of functional groups in microbial communities
Cell aggregation is associated with enzyme secretion strategies in marine polysaccharide-degrading bacteria
Interspecies interactions determine growth dynamics of biopolymer-degrading populations in microbial communities
Chitin utilization by marine picocyanobacteria and the evolution of a planktonic lifestyle
Interspecies interactions determine growth dynamics of biopolymer degrading populations in microbial communities
Metabolic cross-feeding structures the assembly of polysaccharide degrading communities
Microbes contribute to setting the ocean carbon flux by altering the fate of sinking particulates
Bacterial growth in multicellular aggregates leads to the emergence of complex life cycles
Historical contingencies and phage induction diversify bacterioplankton communities at the microscale
Intercellular collectivity is governed by enzyme secretion strategies in marine polysaccharide degrading bacteria
Nationwide genomic atlas of soil-dwelling Listeria reveals effects of selection and population ecology on pangenome evolution
Polysaccharide-Bacteria Interactions From the Lens of Evolutionary Ecology
Dynamic metabolic exchanges between complementary bacterial types provide collaborative stress resistance
Trophic Interactions and the Drivers of Microbial Community Assembly
Stochasticity constrained by deterministic effects of diet and age drive rumen microbiome assembly dynamics
Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities
Deconstructing the association between abiotic factors and species assemblages in the global ocean microbiome
Modular Assembly of Polysaccharide-Degrading Marine Microbial Communities
Cooperation and spatial self-organization determine rate and efficiency of particulate organic matter degradation in marine bacteria
Illuminating microbial species‐specific effects on organic matter remineralization in marine sediments
Microscale ecology regulates particulate organic matter turnover in model marine microbial communities
Strain-level diversity drives alternative community types in millimetre-scale granular biofilms
Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics
Microbial interactions lead to rapid micro-scale successions on model marine particles
Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales