Carly is a Ph.D. candidate in the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Department. As an environmental microbiologist, Carly is excited by questions about how microorganisms influence host health. Specifically, Carly studies how microalgae, bacteria, and viruses influence coral disease in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, and how these microorganisms are distributed on Pacific coral reefs. Her research utilizes a range of data science and bioinformatic tools to integrate DNA- and RNA-based signatures of microbial activity with microscopy image analysis. Carly received her B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Spanish from the University of Kentucky.
Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Environmental Virology, Symbiosis, Coral Reef Ecology, Next-Generation Sequencing, Metatranscriptomics
