Carbon Dynamics and Ecosystem Services
Soil, Water and Aquifer Remediation (Molecular Microbial Ecology)
Research focus:
Dr. Liao specializes in symbiosis research, particularly microbial mutualisms. Her primary interests lie at understanding relationships between microbial diversity and their function to the ecosystem. Current research areas include applying integrated metaomics to visualize the role of soil microbiomes play on nutrient cycling, plant fitness and (natural/agro-) ecosystem processes.