Title:

Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Biology

Affiliation:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Room 48-419

15 Vassar Street

Cambridge,Massachusetts 02139 USA

Gender:

Female

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

2011

Citation:

"For contributions to the discovery and understanding of the dominant photosynthetic organisms in the ocean, promotion of the field of microbial oceanography, and influence on marine policy and management."

President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on February 1, 2013.