Joy is pursuing a Master’s degree in Environmental Science at the University of Arizona. She works in the Microbial Ecophysiology lab of Dr. Paul Carini, and her research is focused on cultivating and identifying Bradyrhizobium sp. from soil in order to investigate the genomic and physiological differences within the genus across a climatic gradient. Since Bradyrhizobiumis a globally abundant and ubiquitous soil microbe, this information about the diversity of the genus can provide key insights into microbial distribution patterns and their role in soil fertility and biogeochemistry.


Ma’in Alghzawi, a PhD student in the Environmental Science Department at The University of Arizona supervised by Dr. Jon Chorover. He joined Dr. Chorover’s...
Dominika Heusinkveld is a graduate student working towards dual Masters degrees at the University of Arizona’s Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science and...
This week we are talking with Jennifer Cubeta. Jennifer is a University of Arizona and UBRP alumna who graduated from UA in 2000 with...