Rate My Professor Kimberly Kline

Kimberly Kline is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Geneva, where she has held her position since 2022. She holds an MPH and a PhD from Northwestern University. Her postdoctoral training took place at Washington University in St. Louis and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Prior to joining the University of Geneva, she served as a Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and as a Principal Investigator at the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.

Professor Kline’s research centers on the pathogenesis of polymicrobial infections, with particular emphasis on Enterococcus faecalis and mechanisms of immune suppression and evasion. She has received several honors, including the NIH K99 Career Development Award, the Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship, the ICAAC Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Microbiology, and the Nanyang Education Award. In 2025, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Her work contributes to understanding bacterial communities, biofilm formation, and antimicrobial resistance in infectious diseases.