Background
Mariah Donohue studies how gut microbiomes impact the ecology and evolution of animal hosts. She is especially interested in understanding:
- How co-diversification shapes host ecological niche
- How microbiomes mediate antagonistic plant-herbivore interactions, and
- The role of microbiome divergence in host speciation.
She examines these questions using wild lemurs in Madagascar and frogs in the northeastern United States.
Education
- PhD in Biology, University of Kentucky
- MA in Biology, Stony Brook University
- BA in Anthropology, Stony Brook University
Research Interests
- Co-diversification of hosts and microbiomes
- Ecological adaptation via symbiosis
- Lemur ecology, evolution and conservation
