Diedre is a Brooklyn native interested in the interwoven and interdependent relationships between living things and their environment. As a designer and information scientist, she is interested in how data can express and reveal the correlations within this relationship. An interest that supports her research endeavors as a Ph.D. Candidate in the Urban Systems and Urban Science programs at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Working with Dr. Elizabeth Hénaff and the Laboratory for Living Interfaces, she applies earth observation techniques to assess area-level conditions of the environmental microbiome (the microorganisms that inhabit specific environments and are associated with beneficial and pathogenic public health effects) of the urban microclimate as they relate to microbial diversity.
Diedre’s Projects
Title | Type | Venue | Date | People | Topics | Projects | Link |
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The Hénaff Lab Summer Tour | TalkConference PresentationPoster PresentationSymposium | 06/15/2025 → 06/27/2025 | Alma Rocha Phoebe Mankiewicz Diedre Brown Hao-Wei Shih Karolina Sulich Elizabeth Hénaff | Gowanus Canal Microbiome | |||
 | ExhibitLLI | Governor’s Island, New York, NY | 09/22/2024 | Diedre Brown |
| nyclimateexchange.org | |
 | ServiceOutreach | Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY | 11/11/2023 | Progga Nabiha Bhuiyan Harry Trethowan Diedre Brown Elizabeth Hénaff | Urban Aerobiome Microclimates | www.fortgreenepark.org | |
 | Conference PresentationNYU seminar | NYU Urban Research Day, New York, NY | 03/06/2024 | Diedre Brown Elizabeth Hénaff |
| www.nyu.edu | |
 | Conference PresentationExhibitLLIAward | 2023 BioDesign Challenge, Museum of Modern Art, NYC | 06/22/2023 → 06/23/2023 | Sheila Atieno Diedre Brown Tori Coleman Ands Sanchez Anshika Srivastava | Holobiont Interactions Microbiomes and the Anthropocene Biological Metrics and Design | Aerobiomes as seen by Honeybees | www.biodesignchallenge.org |
 | Award | Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | 06/23/2023 | Ands Sanchez Sheila Atieno Tori Coleman Diedre Brown Anshika Srivastava | Microbiomes and the Anthropocene | Aerobiomes as seen by Honeybees | www.biodesignchallenge.org |
NYU Urban Doctoral Fellowship 2023-2024 Cohort | Award | NYU Urban | 09/01/2023 → 05/31/2024 | Diedre Brown |
| www.nyu.edu | |
 | Conference Presentation | 52nd International Conference on Urban Affairs, New York, NY | 04/25/2024 | Diedre Brown Progga Nabiha Bhuiyan Harry Trethowan Tori Coleman Elizabeth Hénaff | Holobiont Interactions, Resilient Cities |
| urbanaffairsassociation.org |
Assessment of Urban Aerobiome Microclimates | Conference Presentation | 8th Annual Urban Soils Symposium – Metabolism of Cities ,The Arts Center at Governor’s Island | 12/12/2023 | Diedre Brown Harry Trethowan Progga Nabiha Bhuiyan Tori Coleman | Holobiont Interactions |
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