Alejandro Rojas
Assistant Professor At Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolAlejandro Rojas is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University specializing in the ecology, genetics, and evolution of soilborne fungi and oomycetes with 11 years of research experience across academic institutions. He studies plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions in agricultural and natural ecosystems, combining field experiments, controlled trials, and next-generation sequencing to link diversity with function. Alejandro’s work spans pathogens, endophytes, and ectomycorrhizal partners, using model host systems like Populus and Suillus-Pinaceae to probe host specificity and colonization dynamics. He has a strong methodological breadth from molecular MLST approaches to in vitro mycorrhizal systems, and a track record of translating fundamental microbial ecology into insights relevant for crop health and ecosystem restoration.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Pathology/Ecology and Evolution, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Pathology/Ecology and Evolution at Michigan State UniversityUniversidad de los Andes
English, Spanish
Github Skills (26)
phyloseq10
sequencing9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
phylogeny6
mothur6
fill5
assembly4
ecology4
microbiology4
biodiversity4
computational-biology4
immunology3
meta-analysis3
biology3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alejorojas2/Rojas_Survey_Phytopath_2016
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 26 commits, 4 pushes in 1 day
alejorojas2/PLPA504V_Bioinf_skills
Jan 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:31 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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