Interdisciplinary in life and work! After working on projects as varied as “how bacteria eat nuclear waste” to “coastal ecosystem nutrition” I drifted into biogeochemistry of soil a little over a decade ago. Using ‘-omics’, classical microbiology, biochemical and soil science methods, my research seeks to understand microbiological processes and extrapolates insights across multiple scales from atom to globe. I am also interested in energy as it underpins everything from cellular metabolism to geopolitics. If biology is the foundation for healthy functional ecosystems and energy is the master resource, what does this mean for agricultural production? Can we create truly sustainable production systems that allow people and planet to thrive?

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