Kristen Johnson

Kristen Johnson serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester within the Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program. She is a primary instructor for BIOL 413, a foundational course in phage discovery and microbiology that engages freshmen in hands-on research using bacterial hosts including Gordonia rubripertincta, Arthrobacter globiformis, and Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Her research interests center on microbial genomics and evolutionary biology through bacteriophage studies:

• Microbiology
• Phage Genomics
• Evolutionary Science
• Genomics
• Bioinformatics

Dr. Johnson has consistently taught BIOL 413 across four academic terms: Fall 2019 (9 students), Fall 2021 (4 students), Fall 2022 (6 students), and Fall 2025 (11 students), with all sections meeting twice weekly for 4-hour laboratory sessions. She has served as both primary and additional instructor depending on section needs.

No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials. Her instructional approach integrates the SEA-PHAGES program's resources including Phage Discovery Guides and Bioinformatics tools to facilitate undergraduate research in phage genomics.