ABOUT ME
Currently, I am a Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Program of Biological Sciences at East Carolina University working in the Peralta micorbial ecology lab. I am also a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.
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My dissertation projects have covered a range of microbial processes including plant-microbe interactions and ecosystem functions related to carbon and nitrogen cycling.
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In my free time, I experiment with mushroom cultivation, particularly edibles such as oysters, lion's mane, and shiitake and medicinals such as reishi and cordyceps.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Plant-microbe interactions
How nutrients influence rhizosphere associations
2015-present
East Carolina University
PhD Candidate, NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Wetland ecosystem functions
Carbon and nitrogen cycling
Fungi cultivation
Edible and medicinal mushrooms
2012-2015
Nicholls State University
Bachelors of Environmental Science with Honors