The International Union for Microbiological Societies (IUMS) and American Society for Microbiology (ASM) formed a scientific advisory group composed of global experts in diverse areas of microbiology, technology, policy and economics to showcase the potential of microbe-driven solutions to the challenge of climate change.
This report highlights 3 microbe-based innovations to help humans adapt to and sustainably mitigate climate change in terms of its pace and deleterious consequences.
- Microbes for a non-fossil carbon economy.
- Microbes for food security and ecosystem resilience.
- Microbes for urgent methane mitigation.
The scientific advisory group finds these solutions scientifically sound, economically sustainable, safe and scalable in a 5-15-year period. It is also confident that these solutions will promote social equity and societal well-being more generally, and that they can be tailored to the needs and capacities of local communities, countries and regions.
Scientific Advisory Group Members
- Rino Rappuoli, Ph.D. (Co-Lead), Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena and International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS).
- Nguyen Nguyen, Ph.D., MBA (Co-Lead), American Society for Microbiology.
- David E. Bloom, Ph.D., Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
- Charles Brooke, M.S., Spark Climate Solutions.
- Alan Dangour, Ph.D., Wellcome Trust.
- Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Ph.D., National Research University TIIAME.
- Gigi Gronvall, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- Trevor Lawley, Ph.D., Wellcome Sanger Institute.
- Jay Lennon, Ph.D., Indiana University and American Academy of Microbiology.
- Ryan Morhard, J.D., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
- Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Raquel Peixoto, Ph.D., King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME).
- Pamela Silver, Ph.D., Harvard University.
- Lisa Stein, Ph.D., University of Alberta and Applied Microbiology International (AMI).
Contact Information
Academy staff, academy@asmusa.org