Dr. John Todd was trained in agriculture, parasitology, and tropical medicine, and received his doctorate in fisheries and oceanography. He was an Assistant Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution until 1973, and in 1969 co-founded the New Alchemy Institute to create a science and practice based upon ecological precepts. In 1984 he began developing technologies for treating wastes and purifying water. He is currently President of Ocean Arks International, and Research Director of Living Technologies.
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