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In 2025, I will start as an Assistant Professor for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island. My lab will use cutting-edge tools in synthetic biology, such as CRISPR and microbiome editing, to study marine host-microbe and microbiome interactions in ecologically important systems, like corals. We aim to answer fundamental questions about bacteria-animal symbioses, as well as develop microbial biotechnologies to address the critical impacts of climate change. We are hiring at all levels and seek highly motivated students and postdocs with a background or interest in using bacterial genetics and molecular biology to study marine host-microbe interactions. Email me for more details!
I am currently a postdoc at the Innovative Genomics Institute (UC Berkeley) jointly advised by Dr. Ben Rubin and Dr. Jennifer Doudna. My research uses CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) to deliver site-specific DNA insertions in bacteria, enabling the editing of microbiomes. My projects work to increase editing efficiency with CASTs and adapt these tools to make microbiome editing solutions for bioenergy and bioproduction. My work is currently supported by the Joint Bioenergy Institute (DOE). | ||
