Dr. Cuellar-Gempeler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Humboldt State University.
We are looking for new members for our team. Check our opportunities page! |
Research in our lab focuses on the assembly and function 0f microbial communities associated with plants and animals. Our research questions relate to microbial metacommunities, ecosystem function and eco-evolutionary dynamics. To tackle these questions, we use three approaches: (1) ecological theory, (2) natural microcosms and experimental manipulations and (3) cutting-edge molecular and bioinformatic tools.
Check out our research page: You will find crabs, bacteria and protozoa, pitcher plants, and more. There is something for everyone. Meet the Team! And check out what everyone is up to. In my free time, I sing songs about science. |
NEWSAugust 2020: official welcome to Parker, Jonas and Megan. Although campus remains closed, we will begin thinking about project ideas and start developing the experimental approaches.
May2020: Congratulations to Sandrine for obtaining the Humboldt MCSI Graduate Student Research Fund! We also got funding from ERFSA to put towards sensing devices. April2020: Welcome to incoming graduate students Parker Lund, Jonas Sotingco and Megan Teigen!! We are really excited to have you join our team. March2020: Wow this got crazy pretty fast. We had to shut down the lab to comply with University and State policies and make sure everyone was safe. We have now fully switched to working online, shifting some of our lab work onto literature reviews and focusing on developing our biocomputing tools and scientific writing. Feb 7: Congratulations to A.H. Huebner for obtaining the Siering/Wilson Endowment award! We ll be sequencing fungi associated with Astragalus applegatei We also obtained support from HSU via the RSCA award to continue our work with pitcher plant associated bacterial function. Alejandro will be leading this effort with support from Breane, Brooke and Esmeralda. We are off to a good start this semester! Jan 11: Great time at AmNat2020! caught up with friends and academic family. Stimulating science and motivating conversations. Cannot wait to get this semester started! News Archive: Read about the news of the past. Pinned news:
My interview with Ciencia café is out! (spanish with English subtitles) |
