Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello is the Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health at Rutgers University. Her lab studies the impacts of modern practices on microbiomes, and strategies for restoration. She is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), and of the American Academy of Microbiology, and is a cofounder of the Microbiota Vault, a global initiative to preserve the diversity of the microbes relevant to human health.