Microbial species are everywhere, and they are not alone - they reside in communities, interacting with other species, hosts and the environment.

These communities are important to our health, the health of animals and plants, to the food we eat and to the environment..

As an experimental systems biologist, I use classic microbiology and genetic tools, high-throughput genomics, and computational approaches to try and understand how interspecies interactions impact the way microbial species assemble, function and evolve. Especially under stress and perturbations.