Jessica Green
Microbiologist | Harnessing Nature's Secrets for Sustainability
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Jessica Green is a pioneering microbiologist exploring the hidden microbial world around us. As founder of BioBE Center, she investigates how microbes in the built environment impact human health and sustainability.
Green's work has been featured in The New York Times, TIME, and Wired, highlighting her interdisciplinary approach to designing healthy indoor spaces. With a PhD from the University of Oregon, she shares infectious enthusiasm for the science of invisible organisms, offering practical strategies to harness microbial communities for a more sustainable future.
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We're covered in germs. Let's design for that.
Our bodies and homes are covered in microbes -- some good for us, some bad for us. As we learn more about the germs and microbes who share our living spaces, TED Fellow Jessica Green asks: Can we design buildings that encourage happy, healthy microbial environments?
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