Contact Info
jania[at]hawaii.edu

Education

• BA Environmental Sciences – University of California, Berkeley
• MS Biology – Arizona State University
• PhD Biomolecular Science and Engineering – University of California, Santa Barbara

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Microbial Ecology and Disease Ecology Microbiota of insects, amphibians, and fermented foods. Assembly, stability, and function of microbial communities. Microbial interactions and their effects on microbial community structure, function, and influence on the host or environment. Effect of environmental fluctuations on the nature of species interactions and potential shifts along the parasitism – mutualism continuum. Three-way interactions between host, pathogen, and microbiome and their implications for disease dynamics and host population dynamics.

Department and Laboratory Webpages

Jani Lab Web Site

Selected Publications

Google Scholar Page

Additional Information

Beyond infection, fungus alters endangered frog’s microbiome