I am a researcher in microbial ecology and ecophysiology, studying how microbial communities respond, adapt, and recover under environmental stress and extreme conditions.

My work integrates metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, genome-resolved analysis, whole-genome sequencing, and statistical modeling to link microbial diversity with ecosystem function.

Currently affiliated with the Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, my research spans marine, estuarine, and soil ecosystems.

๐Ÿ›  Core Expertise

Microbial Ecologist โ€ข Multi-Omics Researcher โ€ข Computational Biologist
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๐Ÿงฌ Bioinformatics
Amplicon โ€ข Genomics โ€ข MetaG โ€ข MetaT โ€ข Viromics
๐Ÿ’ป Computational Biology
Snakemake โ€ข HPC โ€ข ML โ€ข Statistics
๐ŸŒŠ Microbial Ecology
Field โ€ข Cultivation โ€ข Molecular Biology
๐Ÿ“– Open Science & Outreach
Blog โ€ข GitHub โ€ข Reproducible Workflows
๐ŸŽ“ Mentoring & Teaching
Training โ€ข Courses โ€ข Student Development

NEWS

Mar 24, 2026 A new paper is online โ€œDraft genome sequence of a novel species of Winogradskyella (strain PC D3.3) isolated from a Red Antarctic macroalgaeโ€ read full here : https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mra.00055-26
Mar 06, 2026 A new paper is online โ€œ๐๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž-๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ-๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐›๐š๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ -๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ€ read full here : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-026-00903-5#citeas
Feb 24, 2026 Another manuscript accepted with minor revision โ€œGenomic insights into carbohydrate-active enzymes in a novel Radiobacillus strain from the Antarctic red macroalga Pyropia endiviifoliaโ€ in world journal of microbiology and biotechnology. Revision submitted back.
Feb 20, 2026 Another manuscript accepted โ€œDraft Genome Sequence of a novel species of Winogradskyella (strain PC D3.3) Isolated from a Red Antarctic Macroalgaeโ€ in Microbiology Resource Announcements.
Feb 17, 2026 The accepted version available online! โ€œFunctional redundancy and metabolic flexibility of microbial communities in two Mid-Atlantic baysโ€!!! DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycag021 link:https://academic.oup.com/ismecommun/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ismeco/ycag021/8454622