Jessica Green: Are we filtering the wrong microbes?
Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens.
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ABOUT Jessica Green
“Jessica Green, is an engineer and ecologist who specialises in biodiversity theory and microbial systems. As a professor at both the University of Oregon and the Santa Fe Institute, she is the founding Director of the innovative new Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center that bridges biology and architecture.
Jessica envisions a future with genomic-driven approaches to architectural design that promote sustainability, human health and well-being. She is currently spearheading efforts to model buildings as complex ecosystems that house trillions of diverse microorganisms interacting with each other, with humans, and with their environment.
This framework uses next-generation sequencing technology to characterise the ‘built environment microbiome’ and will offer site-specific design solutions to minimise the spread of infectious disease and maximise building energy efficiency.”
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