Welcome to the my personal website! I am a microbial ecologist working on the microbiology of extreme environments. I am…
Co-Organizing and Speaking at the Deep-Time Data Driven Discovery Workshop (4D Workshop)
From June 4-6, 2018 I’m co-organizing and speaking at the 4D Workshop in Washington DC. The 4D Workshop, organized with the…
Speaking at the 7th Symbioza Intercollegiate Biotechnology Conference, Warsaw
On May 11th to 13th I participated as invited speaker in the 7th edition of the Intercollegiate Biotechnology Conference Symbioza,…
Biology Meet Subduction leg 2: following the effect of biology on volatile cycling in Costa Rica
Just a quick update from the field in Costa Rica where we are sampling hot springs and geothermal features across…
Iceland expedition: sampling the diversity of extremophiles in Iceland shallow-water vents and hot springs
I’ve been recently asked to join a scientific expedition organized by Shawn McGlynn (Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo) with the support…
A great week at Goldschmidt 2017
I’m in the midst of Goldschmidt 2017, the annual, international conference on geochemistry and related subjects, organised by the European Association…
ICDP workshop “Drilling into the Ivrea-Verbano Zone”
This week I’ll be attending the International Continental Drilling Program workshop on the “Drilling into the Moho in the Ivrea-Verbano…
Heading to the field with the “Biology Meets Subduction” team
Subduction is one the most fascinating geological processes on Earth. It allows for old crust to be recycled, along with all…
