Neufeld, Josh D - University of Waterloo

个人简介

As a microbial ecologist, Josh Neufeld studies microbial diversity in order to understand how microbial communities interact with each other within aquatic, terrestrial, and host-associated environments. Balancing basic and applied research, his research group also studies the nitrogen cycle in natural and engineered systems. Ecology and Environmental Biology Bioinformatics, Systematics and Evolution Molecular Genetics Microbiology Canadian Society for Microbiologists International Society for Microbial Ecology American Society for Microbiology Society for General Microbiology 2005 PhD University of British Columbia 2000 MSc McGill University 1998 BSc McGill University

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Microbial communities are responsible for the biogeochemical cycling of trace gases, fertility of soils and aquatic environments, healthy function of the human body, metabolic production for the food industry, and countless applications in biotechnology. Despite a profound influence of microorganisms on human life and the global climate, little is known about the distribution and diversity of microorganisms in natural communities, the vast resource of genes associated with the majority of uncultured microbial life, and the identities of most microbial species on Earth. The Neufeld lab is actively involved in basic and applied research projects that span three complementing research areas: Microbial diversity My lab develops and applies molecular and computational methods to explore complex microbial communities spanning aquatic, terrestrial, and host-associated habitats. Linking function and phylogeny We explore active microorganisms involved in transforming carbon and energy, to better understand who is doing what in the environment. Nitrogen cycle Using a combination of molecular and cultivation approaches, we investigate the microbial community members associated with ammonia oxidation and denitrification.