Mentees

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Current Mentees

Please contact me for available opportunities

I will be starting my own research group at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in August 2020. More details to come soon!

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Past Mentees

Belen Muniz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Resource Interference Model: Aquatic environments often contain a diverse selection of resources which microorganisms can use. Often this consists of a mixture of allochthonous resources when enter from outside the system and autochthonous resources which are produced within the system. Belen worked on a theoretical framework to understand how allochthonous and autochthonous resources interact and influence the composition and stability of communities.

Mollie Carrison, Indiana University
Physiological Responses to Starvation: Microorganisms often contend with prolonged resource limitation and full starvation. Yet do not fully understand how different organisms respond to these situation. Mollie worked on an experiment system to quantify the variation in population size decay when microbial populations are starving (i.e., no available resources).

Xia Meng Howey, Indiana University
Microbial Carbon Traits & The HMWF Culture Collection: Microorganisms often have the ability to use various resources to meet their physiological requirements. Yet, organisms may use resources in different ways. Xia Meng worked on establishing a culture collection from Lakes in the Huron Mountain Wildlife Preserve to explore variation in resource use. Once the collection was established she worked on developing methods and testing competitive strategies between isolates.