• Cnidarian sex determination
• Epigenetics
• Microbiome
• Phenotypic plasticity
• Symbiosis
• Upside-down jellyfish

Publications:

Pfotenhauer, A.C., Reuter, D.N., Clark, M., Harbison, S.A., Schimel, T.M., Stewart, C.N. Jr., & Scott C. Lenaghan. “Development of new binary expression systems for plant synthetic biology.” Plant Cell Rep 43, 22 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-023-03100-y

Presentations:

Clark, M. M. (2025, June 6-8). Understanding Sex Determination in Cassiopea spp. 8th International Cassiopea Workshop. Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States.

Clark M., Strader, M. (2025, January 25). Fitness plasticity tradeoffs under temperature extremes: linking epigenetics and microbial load. Annual Texas A&M Student Postdoc Research Conference (SPRC). College Station, TX.

Clark, M. M. (2025, January 3-7). Fitness plasticity tradeoffs under temperature extremes: linking epigenetics and microbial load. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, United States.

Clark, M. M. (2025, January 3-7). Fitness plasticity tradeoffs under temperature extremes: linking epigenetics and microbial load. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, United States.

Strader, M., Wagner, M., Wang, Z., Clark, M., & Hendricks, S. (2025, January 3-7). Genetic and physiological mechanisms driving the northern range expansion of a tropical jellyfish. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, United States.

Clark, M. (2024, May 10–12). Exploring the environmental impacts on DNA methylation in Cassiopea. 7th International Cassiopea Workshop and Conference. Key Largo, FL, United States.