• Bacterial pathogenesis
• Microbiology
• Microbial genetics
• Microbial-microbial interactions

Publications:

Reynoso G, Smith MR, Holmes CP 2nd, et al. Bacterial community structure and response to nitrogen amendments in Lake Shenandoah (VA, USA). Water Sci Technol. 2019;80(4):675-684. doi:10.2166/wst.2019.311. In print.

Consalvo KM, Rijal R, Tang Y, Kirolos SA, Smith MR, Gomer RH. Extracellular signaling in Dictyostelium. Int J Dev Biol. 2019;63(8-9-10):395-405. doi:10.1387/ijdb.190259rg. In print.

Presentations:

Morgan R. Smith and Joseph A. Sorg. The Identification and Characterization of YabG Targets in Clostridioides difficile. 2020. Life Sciences Symposium. College Station, TX. Poster.

Guadalupe Reynoso, Morgan Smith, Silvia Naewell, Morgan Steffen, and Louie Wurch. Microbial Community Structure Dring a Microcystis Bloom in Lake Erie: Cultured Versus Uncultured Representatives. 2018. ALSO Aquatic Sciences.Victoria, British Colombia. Poster.

Guadalupe Reynoso, Morgan Smith, Morgan Steffen, and Louie Wurch. Microbial Community Structure Dring a Microcystis Bloom in Lake Erie. 2018. James Madison University Biosymposium. Harrisonburg, VA. Poster.

Ayad, A., Bamania, R., Chen, W., Dunlabp, E., Earp, M., Flores, M., Hacker, R. Lowry, M., Smith, H., Smith, M., Renfreo, R. Effect of Synthetic seed Storage Conditions on Emergence of Saintpaulia rupicola. 2017. James Madison University Biosymposium. Harrisonburg, VA. Poster.

Chen, W., Flores, M., Lowry, W., Smith, H., Smith, M., Renfroe, M. Inducing the Production of Astaxanthin in Haematococcus pluvialis. 2017. James Madison University Biosymposium. Harrisonburg, VA. Poster.

Roy, M., Smith, M.R., Enke, R. Using Exising RNA –seq DAT to Identify Differentially Expressed Genes in the Gallus gallus Embryonic Retina. 2017. James Madison University Biosymposium. Harrisonburg, VA. Poster.

Smith, M.R., Wurch, L. Expression of Aureococcus anophagerfferens Genes Putatively Invovled in Microbial Defense. 2017. Shenandoah Chapter of the American Society for Microbiology. Harrisonburg, VA. Poster.

**Awarded student award for outstanding poster presentation**

Guest speaker at James Madison Uiveristy’s Biology seminar series (Study Abroad Ecology of St. Croix) 2017.