Brian D. Wade

Microbial Ecology and Evolution

I am a graduate student at Michigan State University in the laboratory of Richard Lenski, studying how microbes evolve to tolerate environmental stresses such as dessication, radiation, and salinity (see the Research page for more information).  Previously, I studied microbialite-forming cyanobacteria and deep subsurface bacteria.  My interests include microbial ecology, evolution, and stoichiometry, molecular genetic and microscope-based techniques, microbiogeology, and astrobiology.  My ultimate goal is to synthesize my training in ecology and evolution to better understand microbial systems, both natural and artificial ones.


(Current as of December 2008)