Jake Weissman

Graduate Student

Email: @umd.edu: jw4336

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlweissman

URL: http://jlwecoevo.weebly.com/

Research

I build mathematical and computational models that explore the ecology and evolution of bacterial (and archaeal) immune systems. Specifically, I am interested in the eco-evolutionary dynamics between bacteria possessing the CRISPR adaptive immune system and their phage predators. I am also investigating if/how the different aspects of the CRISPR system are expected to be tuned to the pathogen environment. Also, I have recently started investigating how local interactions in microbial communities can lead to emergent spatial patterning on a larger scale. My work integrates population and evolutionary dynamics and examines phenomena occurring on a range of spatial and temporal scales.