I’m currently an MSc student in Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences at Utrecht University. My final internship, spanning five months, is in the Poole Lab. It focuses on plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria in barley and aims to better understand how plant signals control beneficial traits in the rhizosphere. Previously, I interned in the Plant-Microbe Interactions group in Utrecht with Roeland Berendsen. This involved soybean-related microbiome research and cloning techniques across various rhizobia.
Overall, my interest in agriculturally relevant crop systems and sustainable agriculture has deepened. I enjoy applying molecular biology to questions directly impacting crop improvement and rhizosphere function.
Rhizosphere 