Our studies proceed along three major lines: (1) Microbial population dynamics under stress, (2) Understanding drought resistance and engineering drought-resistant nutritious plants (3) The plant microbiome and its dynamics

Investigating how adaptive variation arises (as opposed to being selected) and testing predictions of a theory of individual-specific adaptation that complements natural selection by explaining adaptation on every timescale and level of organization

We study bacterial ecological interactions, diversity, stability and stress in communities from pre-Cambrian oceans

With background in fluid dynamics and biogeochemistry, we study the properties of kidney stones and urine, as well as the function of ureteral stents, and implications for clinical diagnoses and treatments.