Jessica Green

Jessica Green is an American engineer, ecologist, and entrepreneur whose research focuses on Microbial Ecology and Genomics. She is an Alec and Kay Keith Professor[1] at the University of Oregon, where she is founding director of the Biology and Built Environment Center,[2] and external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute.[3] Green co-founded Phylagen Inc.[4] in 2015 with Harrison Dillon, the founder of Solazyme.

Not to be confused with Jessica Green (actress) Australian actress.

Jessica L. Green
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known for
  • TED Talks
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Green’s two talks at the TED Conferences on the Microbiome of the Built Environment[5][6] have received over 1.5 million views.

Education

Green received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering and a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Magna Cum Laude from University of California, Los Angeles.

Awards

Green was awarded a TED Fellowship in 2010 and a TED Senior Fellowship in 2011.[7] In 2013 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship[8] for work on a science fiction graphic novel about the Human Microbiome.[9] In 2013 Green was awarded a Blaise Pascal International Research Chair

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References
  2. BioBE
  3. SFI
  4. Phylagen
  5. We’re covered in germs. Let’s design for that.
  6. Are we filtering the wrong microbes?
  7. TED Fellows Profile
  8. Guggenheim Profile
  9. Meet the neighbors you’ll never see
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