Morgan Vague

Senior researcher assistant

Bacteria, bugs, germs -- Morgan Vague loves to get in the dirt (literally) to explore solutions to pressing problems.

Why you should listen

Morgan Vague works as a senior research assistant on phase 1 clinical cancer trials, combining her love of scientific research with her passion for healthcare applications. She explore accessible, microbiological solutions to the pollution problems plaguing our planet.

Morgan Vague’s TED Talks

Morgan Vague
The bacterial solution to plastic pollution
10 minutes 12 seconds
Scientific researcher, Morgan Vague, tells us about her discovery of plastic-eating bacteria that could soon become part of the solution to our global plastic pollution program.
Posted Nov 2018
Morgan Vague
These bacteria eat plastic
9 minutes 3 seconds
Humans produce 300 million tons of new plastic each year -- yet, despite our best efforts, less than 10 percent of it ends up being recycled. Is there a better way to deal with all this waste? Morgan Vague describes her research with microbiologist Jay Mellies on bacteria that have evolved the unexpected ability to eat plastic -- and how they could help us solve our growing pollution problem.
Posted May 2019