NAU microbiology Associate Professor Javier Ceja-Navarro studies the complex microbiomes of soil and insects and how they interact with the visible world.
Ceja-Navarro credits his family for supporting him as he studied science and biotechnology. He is excited to do the same through mentoring students and encouraging Latine students to pursue science as a career. “I want to share with students my curiosity about our world, get them thinking about the little aspects of the world we don’t usually think about.”
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