UAA Alert! Anchorage Campus Inclement Weather Notice for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024

Due to deteriorating and unsafe road conditions in Anchorage and the surrounding areas, the Anchorage campus will close at 5 p.m. today, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Athletics competitions and some other activities will continue as scheduled. Check email for additional info.

Kristy Menning

Term Instructor
Department of Biological Sciences
CPSB 201P
(907) 786-0919
kjmenning@alaska.edu

Education

  • (2012) M.S. in Biology, University of South Florida
    • Concentration: Environmental and Ecological Microbiology
  • (2007) B.S. in Biology, Texas A&M
    • Concentration: Marine Biology

Teaching Responsibilities

Microbiology Labs Coordinator

BIOL A240 Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences Lecture
BIOL A240L Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences Laboratory 
BIOL A342 Experiential Learning: Microbial Biology
BIOL A103 Introductory Biology Laboratory
BIOL A243 Experiential Learning: Cell Biology and Genetic

Publications

Menning, K.J., Menon, B.B., Fox, G., Scott, K.M. (2016) Dissolved inorganic carbon uptake in Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2 is Δp- and ATP-sensitive and enhances RubisCO-mediated carbon fixation. Arch Microbiol 198:149 - 159.

Ishtiaque Quasem, et al. (2017) Peculiar citric acid cycle of hydrothermal vent chemolithoautotroph Hydrogenovibrio crunogenus, and insights into carbon metabolism by obligate autotrophs. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 364:14
Biological Sciences