I study the ecological and evolutionary principles that govern how microbial communities assemble, reorganize, and maintain function across environmental change.

My research integrates microbial ecology, metagenomics, comparative genomics, bioinformatics, and computational tool development. I am particularly interested in moving from describing microbial diversity toward understanding when community trajectories become predictable and, eventually, how ecological principles can guide microbiome interventions.

🌱 Microbial community assembly
How environmental filtering, disturbance, dispersal, and evolutionary processes shape microbial communities.

🌊 Ecosystem function & recovery
How microbial communities and biogeochemical functions reorganize during ecosystem disturbance and restoration, particularly in mangrove ecosystems.

🧬 Microbial & viral diversity
Genome-resolved approaches to uncover undescribed lineages, metabolic pathways, viruses, and mobile genetic elements.

💻 Bioinformatics & open tools
Development of computational resources for microbial genomics, metagenomics, and reproducible research.

Microbial diversity → Community assembly → Stable function → Prediction

I am building a research program aimed at identifying general ecological principles that explain when microbial diversity becomes stable biological function.

I develop and contribute to open-source tools, reproducible workflows, and training initiatives in bioinformatics and microbial genomics.