My research is focused on addressing questions in the area of microbial evolution using genomic and metagenomic data. Currently the following research directions are actively explored in the lab:

• Understanding of microbial communities through analyses of vast metagenomic datasets
• Inference of Evolutionary Processes through Phylogenetic Tree Shapes
• Protein Thermoadaptation
• Prokaryotic Genome Organization
• Gene Transfer Agents and their role in Evolution of Prokaryotes