Robert Dash is an award-winning photographer, author, and science educator who uses a scanning electron microscope to highlight foods, pollen, seeds, and other objects with significant climate and biodiversity stories. His work has been published in National Geographic, TIME, Lenswork, Geographical, and Resurgence/Ecologist. His recent book Food Planet Future: The Art of Turning Food and Climate Perils Into Possibilities (Papadakis, UK) won a Nautilus Book Award for Photography and Arts, and a Gourmand Book Award, Best in the World, Food Security.