My name is Adalee Martinez. I have a bachelor's in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona. I am pursuing an M.S in the program of Environmental Science while being advised by Albert Barberan in his Microbial Macroecology lab. My main research interest is in microbial ecology, I like to study the environment on a micro scale in order to apply it to larger ecosystem studies. I am currently looking at the distribution and dispersal of microbes in relation to biogeography.