She has worked as a computational biologist for nearly two decades on interdisciplinary projects in both industry and academia. Her research on the earth microbiome incorporates large-scale –omics datasets, high-throughput computing, and big data analytics to answer questions in systems biology. In particular, Dr. Hurwitz is interested how viruses re-engineer host metabolism and the implications on host-driven biogeochemical cycles in the ocean at a global scale. Dr. Hurwitz is well-cited for her work in computational biology in diverse areas from plant genomics to viral metagenomics with over 1300 citations.