Zakee L. Sabree

Zakee L. Sabree studies the microorganisms that live inside insects, particularly cockroaches, stink bugs, and mosquitoes, and how these microbial partners (symbionts) affect their host's nutrition, development, and evolution. This work combines genomics, microbiology, and ecology to understand how insects and their gut or endosymbiotic bacteria depend on and shape one another over time. Prospective students would engage with topics spanning microbiome function, insect physiology, and comparative genomics of symbiotic bacteria.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a peak of 6 papers in 2021 but only about 1 publication per year on average over the most recent 5 years, suggesting a slowing pace recently.

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