Date&time

Time：2:30-3:30pm, Oct 25th

3:45-4:30pm: Student interaction session

Location: IB 3106

Zoom ID: 715 337 7467

Speaker: 

Dr. Jiaqi Tan

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University

Abstract: 

Our lab studies the symbiotic relationships between aquatic plant hosts and their associated microbial communities. We are interested in the mechanisms that drive microbiome assembly and their impacts on ecosystem functions. By leveraging synthetic microbial community approaches, we aim to unravel the complexities of eco-evolutionary interactions within microbiomes and their implications for host traits and ecosystem functions. In this talk, I will introduce a few examples from our lab research.

Bio: 

Dr. Jiaqi Tan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University. His research delves into plant-microbiome symbiosis, microbiome assembly, and ecosystem function, utilizing duckweeds and their associated microbiomes as a model system. He has 26 publications and has secured funding from the US National Science Foundation, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Dr. Tan teaches Prokaryotic Diversity for Microbiology majors and offers special topics courses in species interactions, microbiology, and scientific writing for graduate students. He earned his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his B.S. from Fudan University.