My passion for education, curriculum development and programs that ensure student
success is what drives my interests and research. In lab, we conduct research in the
model system
Aspergillus nidulans and the invasive pathogen
Aspergillus fumigatus. This research is geared to engage and provide students the necessary academic and
higher-order scientific skills to prepare them for their professional endeavors. Students
are encouraged to advance their research, share their findings in scientific conferences
and prepare manuscripts for scientific peer-reviewed publications. Specifically, our
lab focuses in several research topics:
- Implementing plant essential oils as therapeutically treatments against fungal pathogens.
- Understanding cytoskeleton interactions in fungi.
- Understanding septin cytoskeleton roles in endocytosis and polarity in the filamentous
fungus Aspergillus nidulans.
- Isolating fungi from farms in South West Florida and developing farming practices
that counteracts the growing resistance of pathogenic fungi to medical treatment as
a result of farming practices. (Azole Resistance)