Thomas L. Kieft Professor of Biology New Mexico Tech 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM 87801 Phone: (575) 835-5321 FAX: (575) 835-5668 E-mail: tkieft @ nmt.edu   Current Research   Immuno-PCR Detection of Biological Food Contamination. New Mexico Waste Management and Research Consortium 08/02/05 - 08/01/06.   Collaborative Research: South African Ultradeep Mines - Long Term Sites for Interdisiplinary Studies (LSLIS) into the Extreme Envrionment of the Deep Subsurface. National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Subcontract to Princeton University) 11/1/99 - 10/31/05   Biological hazard detection system for pathogen detection and surveillance. Office of Naval Research 04/01/00 -09/29/05 Research Interest - Specific Research Interest - General Microbiology of subsurface terrestrial environments soil microbiology physiology and ecology of water-stressed microbes groundwater microbiology microbiology of extreme environments detection of environmental pathogens Microbial ecology environmental microbiology biogeochemistry bioremediation general microbiology molecular ecology

 

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