selected publications academicarticle Santos-Medelln, C., Edwards, J., Nguyen, B., & Sundaresan, V. (2022). Acquisition of a complex root microbiome reshapes the transcriptomes of rice plants. New Phytologist. 235(5), 2008-2021. Mueller, U. G., Juenger, T. E., Kardish, M. R., Carlson, A. L., Burns, K. M., Edwards, J. A., ... Des Marais, D. L. Artificial Selection on Microbiomes To Breed Microbiomes That Confer Salt Tolerance to Plants. e0112521-e01121. Murphy, K. M., Edwards, J., Louie, K. B., Bowen, B. P., Sundaresan, V., Northen, T. R., & Zerbe, P. Bioactive diterpenoids impact the composition of the root-associated microbiome in maize (Zea mays). 333. Edwards, J. A., Santos-Medelln, C. M., Liechty, Z. S., Nguyen, B., Lurie, E., Eason, S., Phillips, G., & Sundaresan, V. Compositional shifts in root-associated bacterial and archaeal microbiota track the plant life cycle in field-grown rice. PLOS Biology. Santos-Medelln, C., Edwards, J., Liechty, Z., Nguyen, B., & Sundaresan, V. Drought Stress Results in a Compartment-Specific Restructuring of the Rice Root-Associated Microbiomes. 10.1128/mbio.00764-10.1128/mbio.00717. Edwards, J., Santos-Medelln, C., & Sundaresan, V. Extraction and 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis of Microbiomes Associated with Rice Roots. e2884. Edwards, J. A., Saran, U. B., Bonnette, J., MacQueen, A., Yin, J., Nguyen, T. U., ... Juenger, T. E. Genetic determinants of switchgrass-root-associated microbiota in field sites spanning its natural range Santos-Medelln, C., Liechty, Z., Edwards, J., Nguyen, B., Huang, B., Weimer, B. C., & Sundaresan, V. Prolonged drought imparts lasting compositional changes to the rice root microbiome. Nature Plants. Edwards, J., Santos-Medelln, C., Nguyen, B., Kilmer, J., Liechty, Z., Veliz, E., ... Sundaresan, V. Soil domestication by rice cultivation results in plant-soil feedback through shifts in soil microbiota. 221. Edwards, J., Johnson, C., Santos-Medelln, C., Lurie, E., Podishetty, N. K., Bhatnagar, S., Eisen, J. A., & Sundaresan, V. Structure, variation, and assembly of the root-associated microbiomes of rice. E911-E920. Battenberg, K., Wren, J. A., Hillman, J., Edwards, J., Huang, L., & Berry, A. M. The Influence of the Host Plant Is the Major Ecological Determinant of the Presence of Nitrogen-Fixing Root Nodule Symbiont Cluster II Frankia Species in Soil. e02661-e02616. institutional repository document Santos-Medellin, C., Liechty, Z., Edwards, J., Nguyen, B., Huang, B., Weimer, B. C., & Sundaresan, V. Drought duration determines the recovery dynamics of rice root microbiomes Edwards, J. A., Saran, U. B., Bonnette, J., MacQueen, A., Yin, J., Nguyen, T. U., ... Juenger, T. E. Heritability and host genomic determinants of switchgrass root-associated microbiota in field sites spanning its natural range
principal investigator on The dynamic assembly and resilience of the Panicum root-associated microbiota awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2023 - 2026
teaching activities BESC314 Pathogens Env & Society Instructor BESC481 Seminar Instructor BESC484 Field Experience Instructor BESC484 Field Experience Instructor PLPA691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Plant Biology, University of California, Davis - (Davis, California, United States) 2017 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech - (Blacksburg, Virginia, United States) 2011