Jean McLain is a Research Specialist in the University of Arizona Department of Environmental Science, and Assistant Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Jean’s research examines antibiotic resistance in soil and water, and the transfer of resistance through application of recycled wastewater and biosolids.
Jean holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry from the University of Vermont, and a Master’s Degree in Forest Science from Yale University. She received her Ph.D. from Duke University in Microbial Ecology in 2002.