I am a fungal evolutionary biologist and curator of the ARS Entomopathogenic Fungi Collection (ARSEF) of the USDA and an adjunct Assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. I have broad training in fungal biology, ecology, and genetics/genomics. My research program investigates fungal symbionts and pathogens of invertebrates. I focus on the role(s) of fungal metabolites in shaping symbiotic interactions of fungi with hosts and in turn, how fungal-host associations shape the evolution of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters across fungi. Translational aspects of my research seek to use fungi and/or their metabolites for biological control of insect and nematode pests in agriculture, as sources of novel pharmaceuticals in medicine, and as tools for the sustainable management of invasive insect pests.