Profile
Kimberly Kanapeckas Metris
Genetics and Biochemistry
Senior Lecturer
Poole Agricultural Center (P&A) 157 [Office]
Educational Background
Ph.D., Genetics, Clemson University
M.Sc., Zoology, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Research Interests
Atmospheric Microbiome Sciences, Aerobiology, Airborne Disease Ecology, Biological Aerosols, One Health Genomics, Environmental Health, Population Health and Air Quality Assessment, eDNA/eRNA, Atmospheric Biology, Environmental Genomics, Molecular Ecology
Research Group (Lab)
I research the air microbiome and airborne disease ecology. To do this, I develop in situ instrumentation for atmospheric surveys of environmental nucleic acids by aircraft. We conduct ongoing flight campaigns to collect and genomically analyze bioaerosols from the atmosphere to characterize the aerobiome and learn more about the fate and transport of airborne environmental nucleic acids.
