I use Cassiopea as a model to understand how jellyfish use mucus and fluid flow for prey capture and defense Learn more

I study how animal regeneration can be enhanced by understanding host-microbial interactions and the role of bacteria in animal metabolism and signaling   Learn more

I use bioinformatics to uncover how genomes lead to phenomes   Learn more

Investigating the molecular basis of microbe-triggered host development and the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that drive these interactions.   Learn more