Our Team

We are environmental scientists and engineers who study environmental issues, focusing on microbial communities residing in various habitats and their roles in sustainable food-energy-water nexus.

Our Goal

Using 'omics' approaches, coupled with bioinformatics, advanced analytical chemistry, and fundamentals of microbial ecology and environmental sciences/engineering, we are probing the environmental microbiome. We aim to understand microbial ecology in natural and engineered systems and translate this knowledge to innovative solutions for resource recovery and reuse, ecosystem sustainability, and public health improvement. 

Lab Members

Patricia Kerner
M.S. in Microbiology
Idaho National Lab Intern

Lab Alumni

2020
2020
2019
2019
​2019

Wyatt Saxton (B.S. Microbiology), ISU STEM Undergraduate Research Grant & ISU Career Path Internship
Susannah Mann (B.S. Health Science), ISU DCP Grant
Present Karmacharva (B.S. Mathematics & Statistics), ISU Career Path Internship
Lauren Long (B.S. Microbiology), ISU Career Path Internship & Dept. Biology Undergraduate Research Grant
​Tristin Here-Wheeler (B.S. Microbiology/B.A. French), ISU STEM Undergraduate Research Grant