thesis_year influenced birth_place thesis_title awards fields workplaces name birth_date known_for article_title citizenship alma_mater
1967 rene dubos , miklos muller , vincent racaniello new orleans , louisiana the resistance to trichinella spiralis infections in mice . in vivo and in vitro analysis of acquired american medical student association national teaching award 2003 parasitology ecology columbia of public health and department of microbiology , graduate school university of arts and sciences department of environmental health sciences , school dickson d. despommier 5 june 1940 vertical sustainable agricultural initiatives emerging infectious disease ecology -lsb- http://www.trichinella.org/ the farming trichinella page -rsb- -lsb- http://www.medicalecology.org/ medica ecology -rsb- -lsb- http://www.verticalfarm.com/ medical the vertical farm -rsb- ecology of west nile virus urban dickson despommier
 american columbia university , medical parasitology
dickson despommier

dickson d. despommier -lrb- born june 5 , 1940 -rrb- is an emeritus professor of microbiology and public health at columbia university .
from 1971-2009 , he conducted research on intracellular parasitism and taught courses on parasitic diseases , medical ecology and ecology .
in recent years , despommier has received considerable media coverage for his ideas on vertical farming .
he developed his concept of vertical farming over a 10-year period with graduate students in a medical ecology class beginning in 1999 , with work continued by ontarian eco-architects like gordon graff from the university of waterloo 's school of architecture .
despommier is also co-host of three popular podcasts along with vincent racaniello , namely twiv -lrb- this week in virology -rrb- , twip -lrb- this week in parasitism -rrb- and urban agriculture .
