Edmarie Rivera-Sánchez
LAGNiAppE Scholar
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Now: Edmarie is now pursuing her fungal dreams as a PhD student with Dr. Adriana Romero Olivares 🍄
Hometown: Florida, Puerto Rico
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, microbial ecology, fungal species, climate change and conservation biology
Projects: Soil microbial effects on plant eco-evolutionary dynamics under abiotic stress
Past experiences: Graduated in June 2024 with a BSc. in Biology with Emphasis on Environmental Microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. As an undergraduate student, I participated on different research projects such as:
- Analyzing and characterizing morphometry of fungi present in Leatherback sea turtle’s nests
- Screening Mucoromycota fungi isolates for bacterial symbionts
- Comparing and annotating genomes of Drosophila species