So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and Events

René Jules Dubos (1901–1982) was a French-born American microbiologist, experimental pathologist, and environmentalist who pioneered the discovery of antibiotics like gramicidin and tyrothricin from soil bacteria while at Rockefeller University. Animal.Rockefeller University Later, he focused on environmental influences on human health, popularizing "Think globally, act locally."