Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
I am a belowground ecologist, currently working as a postdoc in Plant and Microbial Ecology Lab led by Anny Chung at the University of Georgia, Athens. I did my PhD at the Institute of Microbiology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing in 2017-2022. Before that, I did my BSc and MSc at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and majored in Botany and Mycology. Microbial communities are made up of distinct species that interact with one another both directly and indirectly. My research focus is understanding what makes microbial species' communities unique and how they will adapt in the face of increasing anthropogenic disturbances. In my previous research work, I explored how different microbial taxa changed over time in response to nitrogen fertilisation and reduced irrigation. I'm generally interested in theoretical ecology, species connections, biogeography, community attributes, global change factors and community allocation modelling.