Currently junior lecturer at the University of Lausanne, former Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) in Andrew R. Babbin Lab. In 2020 I obtained my PhD at ETH – EAWAG were I worked with David Jhonson and Dani Or. Besides being a scientist, I’m an award-winning author of six books about agriculture, climate and environmental sustainability.
My research interest aims to understand microbiome-driven ecosystem processes across scales to sustain the life of our planet. Currently studying the soil microbiome at the microscale by combining microfluidic and omics techniques to overcome current limitations and study the soil microbiome at an unprecedented scale. My aim is to disentangle the rules driving microbial assembly and understand its system-level functions. My recent at MIT work has focused on exploring the relationship between carbon export/capture and its impact on climate-relevant gases. [here].
WHY
The world is powered by an unseen multitude of microbes, characterized by overwhelming richness. This tireless multitude specializes in various steps of complex biochemical processes that sustain our home — Planet Earth — and control its climate. I’m working to distill this complexity into simple rules that explain how the microbial multitude organizes itself into well-structured communities [see some picture here and on instagram] and ultimately drive ecosystem function.
WHAT & HOW
My research goal is to understand the interplay between microscale processes that shape microbial communities and their link to macro-scale, climate-relevant biogeochemical cycles.
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