Kia ora!

I’m a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Microbiome Manipulation Lab at The University of Toronto Scarborough.

I’m passionate about understanding microbial evolution and niche adaptation, from laboratory environments to the field — and back again!

My current research seeks to examine tradeoffs between the production, storage, and field application of microbial bioinoculants for agriculture, as part of the Genome Canada-funded BENEFIT project.

My doctoral research used the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae to understand how plant pathogens evolve during incursions. Using this horticulturally-relevant pathosystem, we examined effector requirements, redundancies, and repertoire refinement across susceptible, tolerant, and resistant hosts.