Microbial Carbon Cycling in the Samail Ophiolite
Seeking a better understanding of adaptations necessary for life in active serpentinization sites, and to determine the role of viruses in diversification and liberation of organic carbon. [Read More]
Studies of Life at the Edge using Cyanidiophyceae
How Cyanidiophyceae, a group of unicellular red algae that occupies a variety of hot springs and acid mining sites, become extremophiles. [Read More]
Lignocellulose-degrading Agaricales fungi
This project focuses on the genomes of thirty-two saprobic Agaricales, for a large repertoire of enzymes acting on plant biomass. [Read More]
Subsurface microbiology for GEWaSC modelling
Investigating the ways in which intersecting biological, chemical, and physical processes shape the terrestrial subsurface, with feedbacks to the regional or global system. [Read More]