Projects

An overview of some of the research areas in the lab.

Microbial Biogeography

Bay Area sampling of Populus endophytes

Quantifying the effects of host genetics on foliar fungal communities in a Populus hybrid zone.

Biogeography of Metrosideros endophytes in Hawaiʻi

Biogeography of tropical fungal endophytes at the landscape scale.

Urban Biogeography of fungal endophytes in San Francisco

Biogeography of foliar fungi in leaves and in the air across the City of San Francisco.

Ecological Function

Endophyte effects on host physiology in Populus

Experimental endophyte inoculation studies examining the effect of endophytes on host physiology and performance.

NEON Soil CO₂ Efflux

Modeling and measuring soil CO₂ efflux across National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) sites.

Plant and soil microbes in organic agriculture

Looking at the effects of plant-associated microbes in an organic cropping system.

Computational Training

Data4Ecology

Building a web-based platform for introducing computational training in undergraduate ecology courses.

The Carpentries

Designing and maintaining open-source lesson materials for training scientists in open, reproducible computational research methods.