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Microbiologist in Civil & Environmental Engineering at UD. My lab studies bacteria that use light, live in concrete, or survive starvation, and how they do it.

Delaware, USA
Joined January 2016
Excited to announce that I’ll be moving to the chemistry department at ⁦@sunyesf⁩ in December. Recruiting 2 PhD students for work in freshwater biochemistry and built environment microbiology to start in summer/fall β€˜24. Please pass it on!
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I found purple fungi this morning!
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Replying to @MarkBlenner
Ok, this is a bacterium, but it’s a microbe in space!
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Pretty microbes from concrete
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Replying to @MostlyMicrobes
We also saw evidence of porcupines! Post pics of the winogradsky columns as they develop, please :)
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Today’s tiny forest fungus
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Making new figures for ⁦@BirtheKjellerup⁩ ’s symposium next week β€” can’t wait!
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