Flying skydivers leads geneticist Clemson to develop a system to detect DNA in the sky

A woman wearing a red hat and sunglasses standing in front of an airplane

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 As she flew through a Saharan dust plume above Anderson while piloting skydivers to their jump altitude, Clemson University geneticist and licensed commercial pilot Kimberly Mtris saw a research opportunity literally before her eyes. The atmosphere was saturated with particulate matter as transcontinental clouds of dust and sand swirled … Read more