Dr. Jessica Green joined ARPA-H in October 2023 from Phylagen, a San Francisco-based microbiome analytics startup where she served as both founding CTO and CEO. Prior to that, she worked as a professor of biology at the University of Oregon, where she co-founded and directed the Biology and Built Environment Center.

Green is an expert in the field of healthy building design, with more than two decades of experience in scientific research, biotechnology innovation, and commercial applications. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she led the development of novel methods for more efficiently monitoring airborne pathogens in large office buildings. Green has received numerous awards over her career, including the Blaise Pascal International Research Chair, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and two TED Fellowships.