Honored & full of gratitude to receive the Hynes Award from SFS. This award recognizes our 2024 Biogeochemistry paper, reflecting the continued importance of understanding the ecological roles of human-made ecosystems. Grateful to the mentors, collaborators, & students that made this work possible!

ZHOU LAB AT UCSB One of the greatest challenges in ecosystem ecology is understanding the complex feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and global change—how they respond to, influence, and help mitigate climate...

This month I started a new postdoc role at the Univ. of California Santa Barbara! I'll be working with Drs Yong Zhou (UCSB) & Andrew Davies (Harvard) to characterize CH4 flux & oxidation from termite mounds in tropical savannas and rainforests of the Congo Basin 🐜 💨 Excited/sad to finally leave FL 🩵

Bioreactors on the Move: How Animals Contribute to Microbial Community Coalescence and Shape Ecosystem Function Animals are moving bioreactors, assimilating microbial taxa from the environment, which then undergo selective filtering in their gut. Animals then deposit this new microbial community back into the ....

In Environmental Microbiology, we argue animals are "mobile bioreactors"...ingesting environmental microbes, transforming them in the gut, and depositing novel communities back into the environment. Case studies from hippos, coral reef fish, and earthworms. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70291

Thrilled to be a 2026 @jgi.doe.gov New Investigator! I'll be using multiomics approaches to explore microbial carbon cycling in isolated freshwater wetlands in response to water level variability. More details to come! 🦠

Biology – WILDS: Water and Wildlife in the Labs of Dutton and Subalusky - Gator Nation Giving Day Our research uncovers how animals and microbes shape the health of ecosystems - from Florida wetlands to African rivers. By supporting the Dutton and Subalusky Labs, you help us train future scientist...

Gator Nation Giving Day 2026 is almost here, but early gifts are already rolling in.

If you’d like to support student-driven water and wildlife research in our WILDS labs, you can give any time using our fund page: givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/bi...
Every donor, every amount helps.

Shoutout to co-authors Meredith Holgerson, @drjdrilli.bsky.social, Ashley Smyth, and @ajreisinger.bsky.social

Carbon Dynamics in Artificial Aquatic Ecosystems: Comparing Greenhouse Gases and DOM in Stormwater and Natural Ponds Stormwater ponds emit greenhouse gases at rates similar to carbon-rich natural ponds and greater than clear water natural ponds Stormwater ponds had unique humic-like organic materials but shared...

It’s important to know how artificial ecosystems process carbon compared to the natural ecosystems they replace or are built to mimic. Check out our fresh-out-the-oven @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social pub to see how GHG saturation & dissolved organic matter differ bw stormwater ponds & natural ponds in FL 💧🐊

Human-made freshwaters are everywhere, let’s talk about how they function! We’re hosting a special session at #2026SFS on biogeochemical cycling in artificial aquatic ecosystems & welcome abstracts, due Jan 26.
Organized by @jgerson.bsky.social, Anika Bratt, myself & @ajreisinger.bsky.social

Human-made freshwaters are everywhere, let’s talk about how they function! We’re hosting a special session at #2026SFS on biogeochemical cycling in artificial aquatic ecosystems & welcome abstracts, due Jan 26.
Organized by @jgerson.bsky.social, Anika Bratt, myself & @ajreisinger.bsky.social

Today’s spectrum of field fashion: fresh tactical waders and antique field pants 😜

This Floridian got to see a Great Lake (Superior) for the first time ever last week during an aquatic Nfixation workshop!! Incredible views and experience with also incredible people.

Strong Saturday sampling squad today at the greenhouse!! I got everyone headbands for fun & functionality (so no sweat in the mesocosms 😅)