Research
My research connects rhizosphere biology, soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, and host-associated microbiomes. I combine controlled experiments and process measurements with molecular data and quantitative analysis to understand how biological interactions respond to changing environments.
Plant genotype, microbial partners and environmental stress shape rhizosphere processes, nutrient cycling and plant performance. My work includes biological nitrification inhibition, microbial inoculation, flooding, herbivory and fungal pathogen stress.
Connect plant performance with rhizosphere processes through field and controlled experiments, stable isotopes and microbial community analysis.
I investigate how hydrological disturbance reorganizes soil–plant–microbiome function, with a focus on electron-transfer processes and elemental coupling, and on the recovery process that follows flooding and drought.
Follow disturbance and recovery across soil, plants and microbes, using longitudinal observations and reproducible diagnostics.
I integrate amplicon sequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and reproducible computation — including absolute-abundance analysis using spike-in controls — to connect microbial community patterns with biological function.
Move from sequence data to quantitative community comparisons, with spike-in controls and transparent analysis workflows.
Developing independent research directions
Holobiont redox resilience across the maize domestication gradient, and HYDROREDOX: testing whether event-accessible electron-transfer architecture helps predict recovery after flood–drought cycles.
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Root-derived carbon → microbes · carbon supply
Soil nutrients → roots · plant uptake
Soil nutrients ↔ microbes · microbial uptake & nutrient release
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A living rhizosphere · conceptual illustration.
