Dr. Crummett is an Associate Professor at Soka University of America. She is a broadly trained biologist with diverse interests in evolutionary biology, marine ecology (invertebrates and microbes), nutritional physiology, and type 2 diabetes etiology. Dr. Crummett has published journal articles on diverse topics, including microhabitat partitioning of cryptic gastropod species, parthenogenesis and evolution of sex, host-derived metabolic genes in marine viruses, effects of ocean acidification on marine microbial diversity, postprandial response in humans to consuming whole vs blended fruit, and type 2 diabetes risk factors and preventions.