It’s impossible to tell from the photo, but Amy Maxmen stands in the midst of a microbial cloud (Image: Nicolle Clemetson)
Our homes, offices and even gadgets are teeming with microbial life, but is it the kind we want? Ecologist Jessica Green tells Amy Maxmen why it’s time for designers and architects to consider the ecosystems that thrive in and on their creations
You began your career as a civil engineer. How did you come to study microbes?
When training as an engineer, I was applying fractal mathematics to model patterns of plant diversity. I was trying to answer questions…
