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.


“Amelia Lappenbusch is a junior majoring in Biology and Classics at the University of Arizona. Since her freshman year, she has worked in the...
Jamie discovered his passion for chemistry during his freshman year of college and hasn’t looked back since. He is a double major in Chemistry...
I am a Junior at the U of A studying Microbiology. I chose this major because I am really interested in the wide spectrum ...