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I am an integrative microbial ecologist with training in microbial ecology, evolutionary biology, mycology, and genomics. I am an Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Genomics in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and the BIO5 Institute. I completed a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Missouri-Columbia and my PhD in Plant Pathology from University of Arizona’s School of Plant Sciences. Visit my lab's website at: https://www.uren.arizona.edu/.Show Less
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Courses
- MDMicrobial Diversity
- RMBEResearch Methods in Biosystems Engineering
- IBAIntroduction to Biosystems Analytics
- MFGEMetagenomics: From Genes to Ecosystems
Grants
- Collaborative Research: MRA: Distributions of macrofungi: quantifying ecosystem and climate drivers of fungal reproduction
Co-Investigator (COI)
2022
$380.2K
Active - NRT-URoL: BRIDGES - Building Resources for InterDisciplinary training in Genomic and Ecosystem Sciences
Key Personnel (KP)
2020
$3.0M
Active - Advancing Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) As an Independent Atmospheric Ttracer for Global Photosynthesis Through Quantification of Microbial-Mediated Sources and Sinks in Soils
Co-Investigator (COI)
2020
$760.5K
Active - Collaborative Research: Leveraging historical collections and new surveys to characterize foundational shifts in vital symbioses in the threatened Arctic
Co-Investigator (COI)
2020
$443.9K
Active - Collaborative Research: Leveraging historical collections and new surveys to characterize foundational shifts in vital symbioses in the threatened Arctic
Co-Investigator (COI)
2020
$55.9K
Active
News
- $3M Grant Helps Students Bridge Sciences to Solve the World's Biggest Problems
2020
- Researcher Uses 'Shotgun Sequencing' to Study Microorganisms
2018
Publications (85)
Recent
- High-throughput 96-well assay to measure impact of polyphenolic compounds on fungal growth
2023
- The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi
2023
- Quantification of foliar polyphenolic concentration using a 96-well microtitre method
2023
- Drivers of OCS and CO2 Surface Fluxes in Boreal and Arctic Biomes During the Alaskan Growing Season
2022
- Illumina MiSeq dual-barcoded two-step PCR amplicon sequencing protocol
2022
- Physical and Chemical Properties of Alaskan Boreal Forest and Tundra Soils in Relation to Carbonyl Sulfide Fluxes
2022
- Tissue Cultivation, Preparation, and Extraction of High Molecular Weight DNA for Single-Molecule Genome Sequencing of Plant-Associated Fungi
2022
- Ecological generalism drives hyperdiversity of secondary metabolite gene clusters in xylarialean endophytes
2022
- Characterization of Sphagnum Metabolome and Microbiome with Depth in an Arctic Ecosystem
2022
- The Composition and Diversity of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Leaf Litter in the Biosphere 2 Tropical Rainforest
2021
- Understanding the Effect of Aboveground Vegetation Composition on Carbonyl Sulfide and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Alaskan Tundra and Boreal Biomes.
2021
- Strobiloscyphones A-F, 6-Isopentylsphaeropsidones and Other Metabolites from sp. AZ0266, a Leaf-Associated Fungus of Douglas Fir
2021
- Strobiloscyphones A–F, 6-Isopentylsphaeropsidones and Other Metabolites from Strobiloscypha sp. AZ0266, a Leaf-Associated Fungus of Douglas Fir
2021
- Coniochaeta elegans sp. nov., Coniochaeta montana sp. nov. and Coniochaeta nivea sp. nov., three new species of endophytes with distinctive morphology and …
2021
- Coniochaeta elegans sp. nov., Coniochaeta montana sp. nov. and Coniochaeta nivea sp. nov., three new species of endophytes with distinctive morphology and functional traits.
2021
- Climate and seasonality drive the richness and composition of tropical fungal endophytes at a landscape scale
2021
- Large volume fungal genomic DNA extraction protocol for PacBio
2021
- Two new endophytic species enrich the Coniochaeta endophytica/C. prunicola clade: Coniochaeta lutea sp. nov. and C. palaoa sp. nov.
2021
- Inoculating and harvesting fungal isolates on cellophane overlay
2021
- Secondary metabolism drives ecological breadth in the Xylariaceae
2021
- Small volume fungal genomic DNA extraction protocol for Illumina genome
2021
- Oaks provide new perspective on seed microbiome assembly
2021
- Methodological approaches frame insights into endophyte richness and community composition
2021
- Cyanolichen microbiome contains novel viruses that encode genes to promote microbial metabolism
2021
- Teratopyrones A–C, Dimeric Naphtho-γ-Pyrones and Other Metabolites from Teratosphaeria sp. AK1128, a Fungal Endophyte of Equisetum arvense
2020
- Metagenomic exploration of lichen thalli reveals novel viral communities
2020
- Shed light in the daRk lineagES of the fungal tree of life—STRES
2020
- Marine mammal skin microbiotas are influenced by host phylogeny
2020
- Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life-STRES
2020
- Integrating soil genomics into the study of biosphere-atmosphere trace gas fluxes
2019
- Coniochaeta endophytica sp. nov., a foliar endophyte associated with healthy photosynthetic tissue of Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae)
2019
- Host availability drives distributions of fungal endophytes in the imperilled boreal realm
2019
- Geographical distribution of fungal plant pathogens in dust across the United States
2019
- Carbonyl sulfide (COS) as a tracer for plant carbon and water cycling: how do recent models from COS science perform in a controlled ecosystem?
2019
- T-BAS version 2.1: Tree-Based Alignment Selector toolkit for evolutionary placement of DNA sequences and viewing alignments and specimen metadata on curated and custom trees
2019
- Community and Functional Traits of Plants and Soil Microbes Change with Experimental Warming in Andean Alpine Ecosystems (Paramo), Soil Fluxes Do Not
2019
- A Liber Amicorum: Jadwiga Siemińska-Słupska (1922–2018)
2019
- Plant and Soil Microbial Responses to Experimental Warming in Northern Andean Alpine Ecosystems
2018
- Phage hunters: Computational strategies for finding phages in large-scale ‘omics datasets
2018
- Using collections data to infer biogeographic, environmental, and host structure in communities of endophytic fungi
2018
- Cytotoxic and Noncytotoxic Metabolites from Teratosphaeria sp. FL2137, a Fungus Associated with Pinus clausa
2018
- Cytotoxic and Other Metabolites from Teratosphaeria sp. FL2137, a fungus associated with foliage of Pinus clausa
2018
- Soilborne fungi have host affinity and host-specific effects on seed germination and survival in a lowland tropical forest
2017
- DNA extraction protocol for plant and lichen tissues stored in CTAB
2017
- An Endohyphal Bacterium (Chitinophaga, Bacteroidetes) Alters Carbon Source Use by Fusarium keratoplasticum(F-solani Species Complex, Nectriaceae)
2017
- Phage hunters: Computational strategies for finding phages in large-scale 'omics datasets
2017
- T-BAS: Tree-Based Alignment Selector toolkit for phylogenetic-based placement, alignment downloads and metadata visualization: an example with the Pezizomycotina tree of life
2017
- Comparative and population genomics of Xylariaceae: exploring the roles of endophytic fungi in lignocellulose degradation, nutrient cycling, and secondary metabolite production
2017
- Microbial drivers of spatial heterogeneity of nitrous oxide pulse dynamics following drought in an experimental tropical rainforest
2017
- Interaction type influences ecological network structure more than local abiotic conditions: evidence from endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale
2016
- Pervasive effects of wildfire on foliar endophyte communities in montane forest trees
2016
- Diversity, taxonomic composition, and functional aspects of fungal communities in living, senesced, and fallen leaves at five sites across North America
2016
- Viral metabolic reprogramming in marine ecosystems
2016
- Jolanta Miadlikowska, François Lutzoni & A. Elizabeth Arnold
2016
- Contributions of North American endophytes to the phylogeny, ecology, and taxonomy of
2016
- Oxaspirol B with p97 inhibitory activity and other oxaspirols from Lecythophora sp. FL1375 and FL1031, endolichenic fungi inhabiting Parmotrema tinctorum and Cladonia evansii
2016
- Contributions of North American endophytes to the phylogeny, ecology, and taxonomy of Xylariaceae (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota)
2016
- Computational prospecting the great viral unknown
2016
- DNA extraction from fungal mycelium using Extract-n-Amp V. 3
2016
- Anteaglonialides A–F and Palmarumycins CE1–CE3 from Anteaglonium sp. FL0768, a Fungal Endophyte of the Spikemoss Selaginella arenicola
2015
- Phylogenetic analyses of eurotiomycetous endophytes reveal their close affinities to Chaetothyriales, Eurotiales, and a new order–Phaeomoniellales
2015
- Fungal endophytes in aboveground tissues of desert plants: infrequent in culture, but highly diverse and distinctive symbionts
2015
- Cytotoxic cytochalasins and other metabolites from Xylariaceae sp. FL0390, a fungal endophyte of Spanish moss
2015
- Draft genome sequence of the ale-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain GSY2239
2015
- Sesquiterpenes and other constituents of Xylaria sp. NC1214, a fungal endophyte of the moss Hypnum sp.
2015
- Delitschiapyrone A, a Pyrone–Naphthalenone Adduct Bearing a New Pentacyclic Ring System from the Leaf-Associated Fungus Delitschia sp. FL1581
2014
- Tissue storage and primer selection influence pyrosequencing‐based inferences of diversity and community composition of endolichenic and endophytic fungi
2014
- Genetic variation in horizontally transmitted fungal endophytes of pine needles reveals population structure in cryptic species
2014
- Host and geographic structure of endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale
2012
- Geopyxins A–E, ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids from Endolichenic Fungal Strains Geopyxis aff. majalis and Geopyxis sp. AZ0066: Structure–Activity Relationships of …
2012
- Smardaesidins A–G, Isopimarane and 20-nor-Isopimarane Diterpenoids from Smardaea sp., a Fungal Endophyte of the Moss Ceratodon purpureus
2011
- Host-, geographic-, and ecological specificity of endophytic and endolichenic fungal communities
2011
- Community analysis reveals close affinities between endophytic and endolichenic fungi in mosses and lichens
2010
- Bacillus anthracis in China and its relationship to worldwide lineages
2009
- Is the hope for a cellulosic biofuel a lot of rot?
2009
- Diversity and evolutionary origins of fungi associated with seeds of a neotropical pioneer tree: a case study for analysing fungal environmental samples
2009
- Strain-Specific Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain
2007
- Tandem repeat regions within the Burkholderia pseudomallei genome and their application for high resolution genotyping
2007
- VNTR analysis of selected outbreaks of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Australia
2007
- Fine-Scale Genetic Diversity among Burkholderia pseudomallei Soil Isolates in Northeast Thailand
2007
- Global genetic population structure of Bacillus anthracis
2007
- Use of a Real-Time PCR TaqMan Assay for Rapid Identification and Differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei
2005
- Phylogenetic discovery bias in Bacillus anthracis using single-nucleotide polymorphisms from whole-genome sequencing
2004
- Selection versus Demography: A Multilocus Investigation of the Domestication Process in Maize
2004