Phoebe Mankiewicz works towards illustrating and developing the connections and disparities between “wild” and “human” ecologies. These differences exist from the microbial, to the global scale, friction between which can lead to significant health impacts for humans and ecosystems alike. With a background in Biology spanning Neurobiology and Invasive Ecology, and a masters in Architectural Science out of RPI, her thesis work in Yale’s CEA focuses on ecologically-influenced strategies for indoor ecologies (e.g. air amelioration, microbial biodiversity), and solutions to urban ecological problems (e.g. carbon sequestration, invasive plant control). Developing sustainable human- ecological cycling through directed environmental pressure and invasion in the context of indoor air quality could be a way to use the intersection of plant and human systems towards healthier people and lower carbon budgets at the building scale.
Her long-term goal is to apply her technical, field and laboratory skills, outdoor experience, and familiarity working on interdisciplinary teams to facilitate effective long-term environmental conservation and urban sustainability initiatives for built ecologies.
Phoebe’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 | |||
A deployable film method to enable replicable sampling of low-abundance environmental microbiomes. | Publication | Scientific Reports | 10/11/2024 | Elizabeth Hénaff Phoebe Mankiewicz | Green Walls and the Indoor Microbiome | www.nature.com | |
“Growing Indoor Environmental Infrastructure: Designing for Microbial Diversity with Implications for Pollutant Metabolism and Human Health.” | Publication | Research Directions: Biotechnology Design, 2024, 1–38 | 04/21/2024 | Elizabeth Hénaff Phoebe Mankiewicz | Holobiont Interactions | Green Walls and the Indoor Microbiome | doi.org |
Indoor Environmental Parameters: Considering Measures of Microbial Ecology in the Characterization of Indoor Air Quality | Conference Paper | Air infiltration and Ventilation Centre Conference | 2022-05-04 | Elizabeth Hénaff Phoebe Mankiewicz | www.aivc.org | ||
Developing design criteria for active green wall bioremediation performance: Growth media selection shapes plant physiology, water and air flow patterns. | Publication | Energy and Buildings 260, 111913 (2022) | 2022-04-01 | Elizabeth Hénaff Phoebe Mankiewicz | Holobiont Interactions | Green Walls and the Indoor Microbiome | doi.org |
