Kelly Wrighton

Kelly Wrighton's research uses genome-based and metagenomic methods to study microbial communities in environments such as wetlands, permafrost, rivers, agricultural soils, and decomposing organisms, focusing on how microbes drive processes like methane production and nitrogen cycling. This work combines environmental microbiology, geochemistry, and bioinformatics to link microbial diversity and metabolism to larger-scale biogeochemical processes. The lab produces large public datasets (genome catalogs, metagenomes) alongside research papers, suggesting an emphasis on data resources for the broader scientific community.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with a notable peak around 2020-2021, followed by continued but somewhat lower and variable annual output through 2025.

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