Sallie W. Chisholm
Sallie Watson Chisholm | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 77–78) 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 biological oceanographer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an expert in the ecology and evolution of ocean microbes. Her research focuses particularly on the most abundant marine phytoplankton, Prochlorococcus, that she discovered in the 1980s with Rob Olson and other collaborators. She has a TED talk about their discovery and importance called "The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet".