We use a combination of laboratory and field measurements, and multi-scale modeling to further understanding of how microbial metabolism shapes carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus biogeochemistry across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

​We work across diverse ecosystems from the tundra to the tropics. 

Specific research areas are outlined in more detail at the links below:

1. Biogeochemical cycling within
​mountainous watersheds

3. Trait-based approaches to
​microbial drought response

2. Climate change, plant-microbe interactions and ​the Arctic carbon cycle

4. Integrating microbial ecology
into land models