Highly motivated graduate students and postdocs are welcome to contact Dr. Alonso
by email to inquire about openings in various projects aiming to study the metabolism
of human pathogens, bioenergy crops, and food crops.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Addressing global challenges related to food and energy security
Improving seed and plant metabolism
Developing alternative crops for biofuel and industrial applications
Understanding plant-microbe interactions
Deciphering the metabolism of human fungal pathogen
Approaches: Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and 13C-based Metabolic Flux Analysis
(aka fluxomics)