Research Interests

Dr. Kinner's main areas of research interest are bioremediation of contaminated subsurface environments and more generally, environmental microbiology. She is a member of the Environmental Research Group (ERG) at UNH and has conducted research on wastewater biofilm microbiology, the role of protists in subsurface contaminant degradation, and cold temperature bioremediation.

Currently, she is conducting research on enhanced bioremediation of oil-contaminated salt marshes and the effects of acclimation and cold temperatures on bioventing of soils contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil.

Dr. Kinner is also directing a multi-year, multi-investigator project studying bioremediation in contaminated bedrock. She has also conducted research on techniques to remove radon from drinking water.
 

Funding and Appointments

Dr. Kinner has received funding from USEPA, the National Science Foundation, the American Water Works Association Research Foundation, the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technologies, and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.

In Fall 1996 and 1997, Dr. Kinner took sabbatical leave to conduct research on protists at the U.S. Geological Survey (Boulder, CO) and bedrock bioremediation at the Swedish Geotechnical Institute (Link`ping, Sweden), respectively. The latter was funded by a Fulbright Fellowship. She was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Risk of Radon in Drinking Water.

Dr. Kinner currently serves as an advisor to the State of New Hampshire on hazardous waste bioremediation and is a member of the State's Waste Management Council. She is also a member of the editorial board of Microbial Ecology and of ASCE, WEF, AWWA, IAWQ, AEESP and ASM.