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Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Dr. Jose L. Rolando

Assistant Professor of Microbial Ecology

The Rolando lab studies the role of plant-microbe interactions in the cycling of carbon and nutrients, as well as their impact on the resilience of plant hosts and their ecosystems to environmental change.

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    My research group studies the role of plant-microbe interactions in the cycling of carbon and nutrients in both natural and agricultural systems. We investigate how microorganisms contribute to ecosystem resilience under environmental stressors. We use a combination of biogeochemical, multi-omics, and geospatial tools to link microbial activity with ecosystem function.

     

    In particular, we study how interacting microorganisms, plants, and soils respond to and become involved in feedback loops with environmental changes. I aim to link microbial and plant ecophysiological strategies to carbon fluxes in the face of environmental change (e.g., accelerated sea-level rise, saltwater intrusion, warming, etc.). We combine rate measurements of biogeochemical processes using stable isotope tracers, study in-situ microbial ecophysiology using multi-omics methods, measure fluxes of key nutrients at the ecosystem level, and upscale these processes to the landscape-level by blending statistical and geospatial analyses.

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3205 College Avenue

Davie, FL 33314

jlrolando@ufl.edu 

 

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    BS. Biology. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Lima, Peru

    MS. Agronomy. University of Florida. Gainesville, FL

    PhD Biology. Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta, GA

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