Eric J Armstrong

Postdoctoral Scholar
Cornell University

I’m currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease (CIHMID) where I use genomic and physiological approaches to investigate ecological and functional diversity of reef-building marine holobionts.

In general, my research is broadly centered around the field of environmental physiology and I'm particularly interested in the molecular and cellular underpinnings of marine photosymbioses and responses to global change stressors. I take an integrative approach to investigate how changes in the abiotic environment (especially alterations in temperature and pH) influence physiological processes in marine organisms, both across taxa, and across life history stages within a single species.

Prior to beginning my postdoctoral work, I completed a Ph.D. in Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley.  I also have a deep appreciation for the works of Ursula K. Le Guin. If you haven't read her novel The Dispossessed you should give it a read!

eja98[at]cornell.edu