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Dr. Thomas L. Kieft is an environmental microbiologist who investigates the ecology and biogeochemistry of microbes in extreme environments. He is a professor of Biology at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Dr. Kieft completed a master's degree in Biology at New Mexico Highlands University in 1978 and a PhD in Biology at University of New Mexico in 1983. He went on to be a visiting assistant research microbiologist in the Department of Plant and Soil Biology at the University of California, Berkeley from 1983 – 1985 before joining the faculty at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.[1] He is a member of the Deep Life Scientific Steering Committee for the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO).[2]
In his research, Kieft has investigated the deep biosphere in South African gold mines[3] and developed new methods for detecting pathogenic microorganisms and microbial toxins.[4] Recent work focuses on uncovering relationships between the abundance and diversity of microbes that live in association with animals, and an animal's mass.[5]
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