Diedre Brown

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
🦠 3-2-1…Green Team Microbes!!!	ServiceWorkshopOutreach	Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY	11/08/2025	Diedre Brown Caroline Lou		Urban Aerobiome Microclimates
📬 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 Urban Aerobiome Microclimates Green Walls and the Indoor Microbiome
2024 NYU Climate Week Kick-Off	ExhibitLLI	Governor’s Island, New York, NY	09/22/2024	Diedre Brown		Urban Aerobiome Microclimates	nyclimateexchange.org
Green Team Workshop	ServiceOutreach	Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY	11/11/2023	Progga Nabiha Bhuiyan Harry Trethowan Diedre Brown Elizabeth Hénaff		Urban Aerobiome Microclimates	www.fortgreenepark.org
Assessment of Urban Aerobiome Microclimates	Conference PresentationNYU seminar	NYU Urban Research Day, New York, NY	03/06/2024	Diedre Brown Elizabeth Hénaff		Urban Aerobiome Microclimates	www.nyu.edu
tHrIVE	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
tHrIVE wins the Science Sandbox Prize for Public Engagement at the 2023 Biodesign Challenge	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		Urban Aerobiome Microclimates	www.nyu.edu
Assessment of Hyperlocal Urban Aerobiomes	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	Urban Aerobiome Microclimates	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	Urban Aerobiome Microclimates	www.youtube.com