Environmental monitoring of human disease through indoor surface swabs
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Rodolfo Salido Benítez
4th Year Graduate Student
Lab PI/Mentor: Professor Rob Knight
Environmental monitoring of human disease through indoor surface swabs
Studying indoor surface micro-organisms can reveal a lot about the inhabitants of a building. Rodolfo researches environmental monitoring for human pathogens such as pandemic viruses or antibiotic resistant bacteria in built environments ranging from public schools in San Diego to the International Space Station.