I am a microbial ecologist interested in the ecophysiology and evolution of microbes involved in environmental element cycling and in microbe-host interaction. My main research is currently in Electromicrobiology, with focus on how electrically conductive cable bacteria work and impact their environment; and in Microbial Symbiosis, especially in bacteria-fungi-insect interactions, their function and evolution, secondary metabolites, and chemical microenvironments in animals.
