Erin Maybach

Erin Maybach is a Ph.D. Candidate advised by Sonya Dyhrman. Her work focuses on uncovering how metabolic interactions structure microbial communities, with an emphasis on the transfer of organic carbon between organisms. Using metagenomics and computational approaches, she investigates how functional traits and environmental substrates shape community ecology and biogeochemical cycling. While her current research centers on marine microbial systems, her work is broadly motivated by understanding and predicting microbial interactions across diverse environments, including natural and engineered systems.