Sarah Allard, Ph.D.
Executive Director, University of California, San Diego Soil Health Center
Dr. Sarah Allard is a microbial ecologist who studies microbiomes in the human body, agricultural plants and soils. She is a project scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and executive director of the Soil Health Center at UC San Diego, established in 2025, which brings scientists together to develop solutions for farmers and land managers. She has co-authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications.