Kyle MacLea joined UNH Manchester in 2014, as an assistant professor of biology, where he teaches courses in the areas of molecular biology and microbiology. His research interests include prions and amyloids in yeast and human disease, microbial genetics, and the biology of molting and limb regeneration in decapod crustaceans (such as crabs, lobsters, and crayfish).

A member of the Council on Undergraduate Research and the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching, Mr. MacLea is keenly interested in involving undergraduate biology students in authentic scientific research experiences, inside and outside of the classroom. His expertise is focused in two areas: yeast prion/amyloid biology and microbial genomics.

Mr. MacLea's lab aims to examine both aspects of genomics for bacteria and bacteriophages (bacterial viruses). In the comparative genomics realm, the lab has been sequencing some previously unsequenced bacterial genomes, including deep-sea Gram-negative bacteria. In the metagenomics arena, the lab has been examining the microbiome of soil bacteria in certain agricultural environments in New Hampshire.