PE&RC in the Spotlight

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Every month we put a PE&RC member in the spotlight.
This month we are getting to know Justin Stewart, he is a PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.  

What are you passionate about in your research?
I am an ecologist and evolutionary biologist researching microbiomes, plants, and geography. Currently I am a PhD candidate in the Toby Kiers Lab at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam working on crops.

What do you currently do to de-stress?
Nonstop cooking. Currently working my way through a Vietnamese cookbook!

What are you binging on Netflix?/
Right now I am reading Identity by Milan Kundera.

If you could be any plant what would you be, and why?
A legume. I want to have nodules.

What have you been cooking lately?
Aside from the Vietnamese I am trying to perfect the omelette.