Michael J. Wilkins

Michael J. Wilkins studies how microbial communities (bacteria, fungi, and their genes) respond to and drive environmental change, with particular focus on wildfire-affected soils, wetlands, rivers, and subsurface environments like oil and gas reservoirs. His work combines genomics and biogeochemistry to understand processes such as methane production, sulfur cycling, and carbon cycling, and how microbes evolve and adapt after disturbances like fire or drilling. This research is relevant to students interested in environmental microbiology, genomics, and ecosystem responses to disturbance such as wildfire.

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade, peaking around 2018 and 2023, with a somewhat lower but steady output in recent years (mean of about 13 papers/year over the last five years).

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