Sallie W. Chisholm
Sallie Watson Chisholm | |
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Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Marquette, Michigan, U.S. |
Alma mater | Skidmore College University at Albany, SUNY |
Known for | Study of phytoplankton, especially Prochlorococcus |
Awards | National Medal of Science Alexander Agassiz Medal (2010) Crafoord Prize (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Marine biology |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Sallie Watson "Penny" Chisholm (born 1947) is an American
Early life and education
Chisholm was born in
Career
Chisholm has been a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1976 and a visiting scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution since 1978. Her research has focused on the ecology of marine phytoplankton.[4] Chisholm's early work focused on the processes by which such plankton take up nutrients and the manner in which this affects their life cycle on diurnal time scales. This led her to begin using flow cytometry which can be used to measure the properties of individual cells.
The application of flow cytometry to environmental samples led Chisholm and her collaborators (most notably Rob Olson and
In recent years, Chisholm has played a visible role in opposing the use of
In 1994, Chisholm was one of 16 women faculty in the School of Science at MIT who drafted and co-signed a letter to the then-Dean of Science (now Chancellor of Berkeley) Robert Birgeneau, which started a campaign to highlight and challenge gender discrimination at MIT.[6]
Awards and honors
Chisholm has been a member of the
In January 2010, she was awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal, for "pioneering studies of the dominant photosynthetic organisms in the sea and for integrating her results into a new understanding of the global ocean."[7]
She was a co-recipient in 2012 of the Ruth Patrick Award from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.[4]
Chisholm received the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama on February 1, 2013.[4]
In 2013, she was awarded the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, "for being one of the most productive, charismatic and active researchers on biology and marine ecology".[8]
On May 24, 2018, she was awarded the Doctor of Science degree by Harvard University.[9]
In 2019 she received the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, "for the discovery and pioneering studies of the most abundant photosynthesising organism on Earth, Prochlorococcus".[10] This prize is considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize (for which there is no Biosciences category). Chisholm was honored at the Crafoord Prize Symposium in Biosciences[11] at which 6 internationally prominent scientists spoke (in order of presentations): Alexandra Worden (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), Corina Brussaard (NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands), Ramunas Stepanauskas (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, US), Rachel Foster (Stockholm University, Sweden), Francis M. Martin (INRA French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France) and David Karl (University of Hawaii, US).
Select works
- Bang, Molly; Chisholm, Penny (2012). Ocean Sunlight. Blue Sky Press (AZ). ISBN 978-0-545-27322-0.
- Chisholm, Sallie W. (January 1, 2012). "Unveiling Prochlorococcus" (PDF). Microbes and Evolution. American Society of Microbiology. pp. 165–171. ISBN 978-1-55581-540-0.
- Coleman, M. L.; Chisholm, S. W. (2010). "Ecosystem-specific selection pressures revealed by comparative population genomics". PNAS. 107 (43): 18634–18639. PMID 20937887.
- Lindell, D.; Jaffe, J.D.; Coleman, M.L.; Axmann, I.M.; Rector, T.; Kettler, G.; Sullivan, M.B.; Steen, R.; Hess, W.R.; Church, G.M.; Chisholm, S. W. (2007). "Genome-wide expression dynamics of a marine virus and host reveal features of coevolution". Nature. 449 (7158): 83–86. S2CID 4412265.
- Chisholm, Sallie W.; Falkowski, Paul G.; Cullen, John J. (October 12, 2001). "Dis-Crediting Ocean Fertilization". Science. 294 (5541). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 309–310. S2CID 130687109.
- Chisholm, S.W.; Olson, R.J.; Zettler, E.R.; Goericke, R.; Waterbury, J.; Welschmeyer, N. (1988). "A novel free-living prochlorophyte abundant in the oceanic euphotic zone". Nature. 334 (6180): 340–343. S2CID 4373102.
See also
- Prochlorococcus
- Synechococcus
- Carbon cycle
- Global warming
References
- S2CID 4373102.
- ^ Chisholm, Penny (July 2, 2018), The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet, retrieved May 30, 2021
- ^ "InfiniteMIT | Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm". infinite.mit.edu. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sallie (Penny) Chisholm awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientists". MIT. February 19, 2013. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- S2CID 205049552.
- ISBN 978-1-9821-3183-8.
- The National Academies. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ "Scientific forum on oceans and climate with the participation of Sallie W. Chisholm, Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology 2013". Universitat de Barcelona. October 8, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ "Harvard awards seven honorary degrees". May 24, 2018.
- ^ "The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2019". Crafoord Prize. January 16, 2019.
- ^ "Crafoord Days 2019". Crafoord Prize. October 27, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
External links
- Chisholm Lab at MIT
- Online Chisholm Lecture
- Video of Chisholm talking about her work, from the National Science & Technology Medals Foundation