Cara Haney

Dr. Cara Haney is an assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in plant-microbiome interactions in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of British Columbia. Using Arabidopsis interactions with beneficial Pseudomonas species, her lab uses high-throughput screening combined with genetic and genomic approaches to identify the molecular basis of beneficial traits in plant-microbiome interactions. Prior to joining the UBC faculty in 2016, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, and received her PhD from Stanford University. Her research focuses on elucidating basic mechanisms in host-microbiome interactions, and in finding sustainable solutions for agronomically important challenges in the face of a changing climate.