Dr. AJ Prussin
Dr. AJ Prussin attended Virginia Tech for his B.S. in Biochemistry and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology. He received an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation postdoctoral fellowship in the Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) Program, to study the seasonal dynamics of the airborne microbial communities in a daycare center.
He is now a Research Scientist and the Associate Director of the Center for Science and Engineering of the Exposome (SEE). The overall goal of SEE is to harness engineering approaches to develop a fundamental understanding of the human exposome and the means to control it for the purpose of advancing public health, energy savings, and water sustainability.
Dr. Prussin’s work applies an interdisciplinary approach to answer questions regarding the aerobiology and airborne transmission of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes in the built environment.
He is now a Research Scientist and the Associate Director of the Center for Science and Engineering of the Exposome (SEE). The overall goal of SEE is to harness engineering approaches to develop a fundamental understanding of the human exposome and the means to control it for the purpose of advancing public health, energy savings, and water sustainability.
Dr. Prussin’s work applies an interdisciplinary approach to answer questions regarding the aerobiology and airborne transmission of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes in the built environment.
Airborne viruses inside “germ factories”
Compared to bacteria and fungus, the airborne viral microbiome in built environments, is relatively understudied. Recently published research in Microbiome looks to address this imbalance by examining the virome of a daycare center over the course of a year and was inspired by the seasonal pattern of illnesses picked up by the author’s daughter in a similar daycare.
The researchers studied the airborne bacterial and viral microbiome of a daycare center throughout the course of a year.
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When my daughter was born more almost six years ago and started daycare, I noticed a seasonal pattern of illnesses (e.g. colds, norovirus in winter; hand, foot, and mouth disease in fall), which were eventually passed to my wife and me, causing numerous missed workdays.
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