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I am interested in microbial communities used in biotechnology and those present in natural and contaminated environments.  Specifically, my focus is on metagenomic characterization of microbial communities responsible for degradation of the mining contaminant thiocyanate.  This work is a collaboration between the Banfield lab and the Center for Bioprocess Engineering Research at University of Cape Town.

Fall 2014: ESPM 2, The Biosphere, a large lower-level undergraduate course aimed at non-majors and early environmental science majors.

Fall 2013: PMB116, Microbial Diversity, a small upper-division undergraduate and graduate course for microbiology majors.

Departmental Peer Mentor, Plant and Microbial Biology, 2014-2016

Co-director, Beyond Academia conference, 2015-2016