OUR WORK
Research Interests
Research in the Techtmann Lab focuses on understanding the role of environmental microbial communities in environmentally and industrially relavent processes. We use computational, lab and field methods to address questions related to environmental biotechnology
Microbial Conversion of Plastic to Food
This project is focused on Engineering natural and synthetic microbial consorita for convert plastic waste into protein powder
Natural Microbial Communities as Biosensors
This project uses machine learning to identify microbial biomarkers in natural microbial communities that predict environmental phenomena
Oil Biodegradation
This project seeks to study how natural microbial communities response to oil release and can be used in bioremediation
Environmental Impacts of Biocides
This project studies the link between industrial biocide use and development of antimicrobial resistance
Pathogen Genomic Survelliance
This project is focused tracking variants of pathogens in human and wildlife populations to better understand the epidemology of various pathogens