Joshua A. M. Kaste

The paper develops a kinetic model of legume root nodule metabolism to identify metabolic targets for improving nitrogen fixation efficiency and rate.

The paper uses metabolic modeling to predict growth benefits of combining arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and hypothetical N2-fixing rhizobia in maize, finding synergies under nutrient limitation and antagonism under nutrient sufficiency.

The paper develops a mathematical model of a non-canonical carbon-concentrating mechanism in the alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, identifying key parameters that enable its function.

The paper uses reaction-diffusion models to predict the efficiency of biophysical carbon concentrating mechanisms in C3 land plants, finding that their effectiveness depends on membrane permeability and specific environmental conditions.

The paper improves metabolic flux predictions in Arabidopsis by integrating tissue-specific gene expression data into Flux Balance Analysis, significantly reducing prediction errors compared to standard methods.