My Ph.D. research focused on understanding algae-bacteria interactions and how their metabolisms impact each other. Based on this information I tried to develop efficient synthetic consortia including the microalga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and different bacteria for wastewater bioremediation and biofuel (bio-hydrogen) production. At Carnegie, in Arthur Grossman's lab, I am trying to explore the mechanisms by which microalga (Chlamydomonas) copes with its often challenging surroundings, the network of intracellular interactions to sustain survival and how the information obtained in these studies can potentially be used to engineer organisms in ways that allow them to better deal with their dynamic environments.