Humans in the developed world spend more than 90 percent of their lives indoors, where they breathe in and come into contact with trillions of life forms invisible to the naked eye microorganisms.
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Our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, and these creatures define who we are.
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| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Scientist |
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Jessica Green is an American engineer and scientist who's research focuses on Microbial Ecology and Genomics. She earned a BS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1992. She received an MS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1995, and his PhD in Nuclear Engineering in 2001 both from the University of California, Berkeley. She is an Alec and Kay Keith Professor at the University of Oregon and professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Green’s two talks at the TED Conferences on the Microbiome of the Built Environment have received over 1.5 million views. She co-founded Phylagen Inc. in 2015 with Harrison Dillon, the founder of Solazyme. She was awarded a TED Fellowship in 2010 and a TED Senior Fellowship in 2011.
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