Prof. Martin Blaser serves as Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome at Rutgers University, and Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, after serving as chair of Medicine at New York University. For >20 years, he has been investigating the relationship of the human microbiome with current epidemics including obesity, diabetes, and asthma. He has been President, Infectious Diseases Society of America, elected to the National Academy of Medicine and American Academy for Arts and Sciences, and currently chairs the Presidential Advisory Council for Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB). He wrote Missing Microbes, now translated into 20 languages.
Professor Martin Blaser
