DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES

As the earth responds to challenges imposed by climate change, understanding biogeochemical cycling grows increasingly important. Microbes are key mediators of such processes. By studying microbial life and its interactions with the environment, I hope to characterize these crucial microbial communities. To this end, I am interested in both culture-independent (metabolomic, metagenomic, transcriptomic) and culture-dependent (microscopy, growth analysis, biological assays, etc) methods.

Awards & Fellowships

Camp Davis Field Studies Award (2023)
NATG/USGS Cooperative Field Training Nominee (2022)
University Honors (2019 - 2022, University of Michigan)

Outreach/Service

Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center
University of Michigan
September 2020 - December 2022
New England Literature Program
University of Michigan (Alton Bay, NH)
May 2022 - June 2022

Selected Publications

 Schultz, M. L., Schache, K. J., Azaria, R. D., Kuiper, E. Q., Erwood, S., Ivakine, E. A., Farhat,
N. Y., Porter, F. D., Pathmasiri, K. C., Cologna, S. M., Uhler, M. D., & Lieberman, A. P. (2022).
Species-specific differences in NPC1 protein trafficking govern therapeutic response in
Niemann-Pick Type C disease. JCI Insight, 7(23). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.160308

Kuiper, E. Q., Azaria, R. D., Lieberman, A. P., Schultz, M. L. (2020). Species-specific
differences in NPC1 protein trafficking govern therapeutic response in Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Protein-Folding Disease Symposium, University of Michigan. Poster.

Kuiper, E. Q., Fawaz, M., Azaria, R. D., Schwendemen, A., Lieberman, A. P., Schultz, M. L.
(2020). Apo-A1 Mimetics Reduce Sphingomyelin in Niemann-Pick Type A disease models. Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Symposium, University of Michigan. Poster.