Center for Water and the Environment

Gerald Manuel Cobiàn

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Research Interests

My research interests lie along the intersection of community ecology theory, biogeography, and phylogenetics with the goal of determining the patterns and processes that shape the assembly and function of microbial communities. The ultimate goal of my research is to improve our understanding of how these microbes mediate ecological interactions in nature.

Publications

Darcy JL, Swift SOI, Cobian GM, Zahn G, Perry BA, Amend AS. 2020 Fungal communities living within leaves of native Hawaiian dicots are structured by landscape-scale variables as well as by host plants. Molecular Ecology

Cobian GM, Amend AS, Egan CP. 2019 Plant-microbe specificity varies as a function of elevation. ISMEJ.

Research Area

Ecology/Biodiversity

Gerald Manuel Cobiàn

Holt 320
gmcobian@csuchico.edu
530-898-5341