Kim Carlson

Kim Carlson is Professor of Biology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she researches aging mechanisms, Nora virus dynamics, and OTK18 gene functions using Drosophila models. She develops experimental methods for drug delivery optimization and thermal tolerance assessment, creating automated assays like DAM2 for phenotypic analysis.

Her work examines viral transmission across species and gut microbiome interactions. Carlson holds patents for antibodies targeting NEBR1 and methods for HIV treatment, with publications spanning viral immunology, genetics, and biomedical education.