Dr. Kyle MacLea is an associate professor of biological sciences and biotechnology at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). He is the program coordinator for undergraduate and graduate biosciences on the Manchester campus of UNH and teaches courses in microbiology and molecular biology.

MacLea's research work spans the microbial sciences, from the genomics of bacteria, archaea and bacteriophages, to the molecular and cellular biology of prions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In science education, his focus is on educating the next generation of biologists and microbiologists, with a particular focus on teaching students to communicate their science with the general public.

He holds an A.B. in Biology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology/Toxicology from Dartmouth College.