Built environment

Metagenomics of green building microbiome

• Longitudinal study of the microbial (bacterial / fungal) colonization of  surface & air of Green building
• Occupant tracking and correlation with microbiome
• Occupant behavior modification in response to Green building environment

Collaborators: Meschke Lab, Burpee Group

Wastewater treatment plant microbiome

• Probing the bacterial & viral communities of anaerobic digesters
• Virome analysis of acetoclastic methanogens

Collaborators: Meschke Lab, Heidi Gough, John Ferguson

Funding: Bullitt Foundation, University of Washington Royalty Research Fund