I am a scientist at EPFL working on the ecology of aquatic microorganisms, with the overarching goal of improving water quality and developing innovative biotechnological solutions. My research combines fieldwork in alpine and polar environments with molecular and bioinformatic approaches to understand how microbial communities respond to environmental change.

My current work focuses on understanding the spatial distribution of bacterial diversity and the environmental factors shaping community composition, as well as the role of ice cover in structuring microbial ecology in Arctic lakes. I am particularly interested in the exchange of microorganisms across environmental boundaries, and I investigate microbial fluxes between air, ice, and surface waters.

More broadly, my research interests include monitoring planktonic and benthic cyanobacteria in freshwater ecosystems, identifying the mechanisms that drive cyanotoxin production in alpine and Arctic lakes, and exploring how microbial communities contribute to carbon and nitrogen cycling. I also aim to harness the metabolic diversity of aquatic bacteria to develop novel biotechnological applications.