Jo Handelsman is the director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and a Vilas Research Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She completed a master\'s degree with distinction in Environment and Development at the London School of Economics..
Kayla Cohen provided research and creative contributions to A World Without Soil .
Handelsman previously served as a science advisor to President Barack Obama.
Jo Handelsman is the director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and a Vilas Research Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
