About Us

Carlee Schroeter Research Specialist I completed my bachelors in microbiology in 2021 at North Dakota State University and, during my ...

Debarshi Dasgupta Graduate Student Hello! I am Debarshi from India. I pursued my B.Sc. in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi ...

Kivi Snavely Graduate Student Hi, I’m  Kivi and I love plants (and microbes)! Growing up in the forests of the ...

Ditam Chakraborty Graduate Student Hey, I'm Ditam. I'm from the city of Kolkata in India, where I completed my BSc in ...

Purbasa Kole PhD in Microbiology (NDSU) Hello! I'm Purbasa from India. I hold a B.Sc. in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra ...

Isha Pokhrel PhD in Microbiology (NDSU) Hi, I’m Isha from Nepal. I have an academic background in Agricultural Sciences, with ...

Avery Folsom B.S in Microbiology - Bio-Technology (NDSU) Hello, my name is Avery. I’m from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and I’m ...

Hannah Worral Graduate Student My name is Hannah, and my graduate research focuses on how intercropping systems alter soil microbial ...

Christina Fisher Pursuing PhD in Microbiology Hello! My name is Christina, and I’m from the foothills of western North Carolina ...

Dr. Samiran Banerjee

Principal Investigator

I am a microbial ecologist interested in understanding how microbial communities assemble, interact, and influence ecosystem functioning. A central goal of my research is to uncover the ecological principles that govern microbiome structure, stability, and resilience. My work focuses on plant-soil microbiomes, microbial interactions, and the mechanisms through which microbiomes respond to environmental change. By integrating ecological theory with large-scale microbiome data, I aim to develop predictive frameworks that link microbiome structure to ecosystem processes. I grew up in India, where I completed my BSc and MSc in Botany. I later earned an MSc in Plant and Soil Sciences from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and a PhD in Soil Science from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. After my PhD, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alberta and later at CSIRO in Australia as an OCE Postdoctoral Fellow. I then moved to Switzerland, where I worked as a postdoctoral researcher and project leader at Agroscope in Zurich. I joined North Dakota State University as an Assistant
Professor in 2019. Outside work, I enjoy bike riding, fishing with my son, and walking my golden retriever, Ace.