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Publications

Research programs

Three connected programs: discovering function in undercharacterized systems, learning across protein sequence space, and integrating broader biological evidence.

Functional discovery and nitrogen fixation

Work connecting microbial physiology, comparative evidence, and machine learning to questions of oxygen-tolerant nitrogen fixation.

Scientific Reports 16(1), 11412 (2026)

Predicting FOX gene candidates for oxic nitrogen fixation using multi-omic machine learning and comparative bioinformatics

Open paper
bioRxiv 2026.05.23.727275 (2026)

Nitrosomes: protein language modeling and live-cell imaging reveal condensate-like nitrogenase organization in heterocysts

Open preprint
bioRxiv 2026.06.08.730779 (2026)

Nitrogen-Responsive Extracellular Proteomics Reveals Evidence for a Novel Heterocyst-Specific Protein Secretion Pathway in Anabaena

Open preprint
Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 100359 (2026)

Harnessing Nitrogen Fixing Plants for a Bio-Solar Nitrogen Economy

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Beyond nif: protein-family modeling reveals the accessory systems of cyanobacterial diazotrophy

Metabolites 15(9), 562 (2025)

Secondary Metabolites Predict Diazotrophic Cyanobacteria: A Model-Based Cheminformatic Approach

Open paper
PhD dissertation, South Dakota State University (2025)

Discovery of Photosynthetic Oxic N₂-Fixation in Cyanobacteria Using Wet Lab and Machine Learning Approaches

Open dissertation
Cyanobacteria Biotechnology, Wiley-VCH, 407-439 (2021)

Harnessing Solar-Powered Oxic N₂-fixing Cyanobacteria for the BioNitrogen Economy

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bioRxiv 619353 (2019)

Unicellular Cyanobacteria Exhibit Light-Driven, Oxygen-Tolerant, Constitutive Nitrogenase Activity Under Continuous Illumination

Open preprint
Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 97 (2018)

Identification of Cell Surface Sugars in N₂-Fixing Cyanobacterium Cyanothece ATCC 51142 Using Fluorescein Labeled Lectins

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Protein learning and engineering

Protein representation and active-learning approaches for narrowing experimental search spaces.

AI Chemistry 1(2), 7 (2026)

Active Learning on Protein Language Model Embeddings Accelerates Rubisco Variant Discovery for Desired Traits

Open paper

Comparative genomics and broader computational biology

Collaborative work spanning genome assembly, multi-omic prediction, and biological data integration.

Molecular Ecology Resources 22(4), 1596-1605 (2022)

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) provides insights into freshwater adaptation

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Cell Reports Medicine 2(6) (2021)

Crowdsourcing assessment of maternal blood multi-omics for predicting gestational age and preterm birth

Open paper