Jeanette Sams-Dodd, BSC, BSC(VET)

With a background in veterinary medicine, she focuses on the role of microbial societies in the health of humans, animals, nature and the planet. A healthy microbial environment is essential for these systems and malfunction leads to disease, eg skin issues, cancer, deforestation, and climate change. The current focus is on the healing of severe wounds and on developing methods to create a healthy living environment in closed systems such as space crafts and submarines, where the current use of antimicrobials results in an aggressive environment causing the development of rashes, wounds, respiratory, and gastrointestinal problems, issues that are very likely to prevent deep-space exploration.