She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and completed her Ph.D at McMaster University. Dr. Mahmoudi’s research employs a variety of field and laboratory based tools, ranging from molecular ‘omics to isotope geochemistry, to gain insight into microbial pathways and interactions that underpin carbon cycling in marine environments. As a C-DEBI postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, she applied these techniques to investigate the microbial controls on organic carbon reactivity and transformation in marine sediments.