Tara Acharya Author

Tara Acharya is a consultant with the Rockefeller Foundation working on international health issues. She was a research associate at the University of Toronto and has worked as a scientist in the biotechnology industry.

Neeraja Sankaran is a freelance writer with training in microbiology and the history of science. She is the author of Microbes and People: An A-to-Z of Microorganisms in Our Lives (Oryx, 2001).