I am an Assistant Professor of Biology at Ave Maria University. My research centers on how root microbiomes assemble from agricultural soils using synthetic bacterial communities.

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy

University of California, Davis

College of Biological Sciences

Department of Plant Biology

Advisor: Prof. Venkatesan Sundaresan

Bachelors of Science

University of California, Los Angeles

College of Life Sciences

Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

PI: Ann Hirsch