Using systems biology to study ecology and evolution of microbes.

Predatory bacteria, Bacteria-tephritid fruit flies symbioses, Molecular profiling of soil microbial populations.

Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere, Biological control of plant pathogens, Mechanisms of bacterial stress responses.

Microbial community ecology and evolution

Drug resistance in fungi, Genome instability and chromosome biology in fungal plant pathogens.

Basic and applied aspects of plant-bacteria interactions.