Hello, and welcome! I’m a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, working with Prof.Jonathan Davies in the PhyloEcology Lab. My research interests are driven by local and global challenges arising from changing host-microbial associations, including emerging plant disease, microbiome dysbiosis, biodiversity loss and zoonotic disease transmission. I’m keen on understanding the factors that shape the diversity and biogeography of host-microbial associations. My goal is to utilize this understanding to develop process-oriented predictive models for host microbial distribution and function.

My current research primarily focuses on plant-associated microbes. Some key questions I’m exploring include: how do climate change, species redistribution and biodiversity loss foster emerging plant disease? What drive the community assembly of a healthy plant microbiome? How do plant-microbial associations affect plant species coexistence? I’m also interested in other host-associated systems such as herbivores, parasites and zoonotic disease agents.