Graduate Researcher
Cornell University
Trumansburg, New York
I am a graduate researcher in the process of completing my Master's degree in Plant-Microbe Biology with the Casteel Lab at Cornell University. I am primarily interested in exploring how farmers' practices influence their respective fields' soil microbiome composition, and in turn observing how those compositional changes potentially affect crop plants' immunity to pathogens and resilience to stresses in general. My research goals are ultimately contextualized by generating useful information that can aid farmers, growers, and all members of a diverse and resilient food system in decision-making. I believe that the communicative bridge between scientists and the general public should be more readily available and inclusive! In my free time, I enjoy yoga, drawing, gardening, and dancing, to name a few things––Ithaca has a great variety of opportunities to do all of these!