Wilkins Laboratory

Research in the Wilkins Lab is focused on understanding the linkages and feedbacks between microbial populations and biogeochemical processes across a range of environmental systems. Our work encompasses everything from physiological interrogations of microbial pure cultures to multi-omics investigations of microbial assemblages sampled from the field. 

We are currently working on a series of research projects:

• Impacts of wildfire on the soil microbiome in high elevation western US forests
• Microbiome roles in fluvial systems during post-fire watershed restoration
• Microbial metabolism and physiology in deep subsurface shales and hydrogen generating formations
• Microbial interactions that drive methane cycling in wetland and agricultural ecosystems