I’m the Melvin Kranzberg Professor of the History of Technology at the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech. I research and teach the history of recent science and technology, especially as it relates to food and agriculture. I’m currently working on an environmental history of backup and a study of a family grocery.
From 2020–2026, I led the project From Collection to Cultivation, funded by the Wellcome Trust. This project was based in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, where I worked from 2012–2022.
From Collection to Cultivation originated in my study of efforts to conserve diverse varieties of food crops. This topic was the focus of a Pro Futura Scientia Fellowship from 2017–2020 and a Wellcome Seed Award from 2016–17. It is also the subject of my 2022 book, Endangered Maize.
