Dr. Jack A Gilbert works at University of California San Diego as a Professor in Pediatrics and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Marine Science and Director of the Soil Health Center. He has authored more than 450 peer reviewed publications on microbial ecology. He’s the President of Applied Microbiology International, a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and co-chair for the new IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group. His research spans human and environmental microbial health, with a special focus on translation.