About Me
I am a marine microbial ecologist whose research integrates microbial ecology, plastid evolution, and genomics to understand the diversity, function, and evolution of protistan symbioses in marine systems. My work combines field-sampling and ecology with molecular and computational approaches to address fundamental questions about the ecology and evolution of host-microbe interactions.
Significant Publications
- A new and widespread group of fish apicomplexan parasites - Current Biology
- Fireworms are a reservoir and potential vector for coral-infecting apicomplexans - The ISME Journal
- Temporal transcriptional rhythms govern coral-symbiont function and microbiome dynamics - Cell Host & Microbe
- Beyond the Symbiodiniaceae: diversity and role of microeukaryotic coral symbionts - Coral Reefs
- Differential apicomplexan presence predicts thermal stress mortality in the Mediterranean coral Paramuricea clavata - Environmental Microbiology
Research Themes
- Microbiomes and their contribution to marine host fitness 💪
- Host-microbe interactions across diverse marine holobionts 🦠🪸🐠
- Marine apicomplexan ecology and evolution 🧬🔬
- Shifting marine symbioses under climate change ☀️
Recent Research Highlights
New Discovery Report article just published in PLOS Biology! Here we provide evidence that symbiotic bacteria within fish guts play an important and overlooked role in the marine carbon cycle!
Had a great time writing this review on marine apicomplexans published in SICB’s Integrative and Comparative Biology!
Check out this recent publication in Environmental Microbiome describing the cryptic chromerid diversity of microbialites!