Jake M. Robinson is a microbial and restoration ecologist currently living in Australia. He earned a PhD in the environment-microbiome-health axis at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests span microbes, ecosystems, social equity issues and strategies to conserve and restore nature. Jake is a core member of the UNFCCC think tank, Resilience Frontiers, specialising in biodiversity–health connections.

The Nature of Pandemics: Why Protecting Biodiversity is Key to Human Survival is Jake’s third book.