Microbial Ecology

Urbanization has led to systemic environmental factors that degrade air quality and microbial diversity, negatively impacting human health and wellbeing. Conventional building Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units that filter airborne pollutants and support Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), are often energy intensive, decrease indoor microbial diversity, and are still unable to address specific pollutants or seasonal psychrometric profiles.