What We Study
How microbes respond to and modify their environment, and how this shapes species interactions, assembly processes, and the function of microbial communities.
Our Approach
Laboratory experiments, data from natural communities, and theory—integrating ideas from community ecology, microbial physiology, and systems biology.
This is a space for free inquiry, pluralism, and growth.
News
September 2026
- Postdoc Jake Holt and EEB graduate student Abheepsa Nanda have officially joined the lab. Welcome!
August 2026
- Our paper on evolutionary learning of microbial populations in partially predictable environments is out in PRX Life!
July 2026
- Martina is invited to give a talk at the GRC: Unifying Ecology Across Scales in Easton
- Our paper on community robustness in the face of salinity stress is out in Nature Microbiology! See MIT News for a commentary on the paper.
- Zahraa Al-Tameemi has officially joined the lab as a postdoc funded by HFSP. Welcome!
June 2026
- Martina is invited to give a talk at ICBP in Genova