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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Scripps Oceanography Microbiologist Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego Bradley Tebo, professor of marine microbiology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). Tebo is associated with Scripps' Marine Biology Research Division and Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine. AAM recognizes "excellence, originality and creativity in all subspecialties of the microbial sciences." Fellows are elected through a highly selective, peer-reviewed process, based on scientific achievement and original contributions to microbiology.Tebo's research focuses on geomicrobiology, marine biotechnology, environmental microbiology and the biogeochemical cycling of metals in the environment. "Brad has been a pioneer in establishing and understanding the role of microbes in mediating metal transformations in the environment," said Ronald Burton, director of the Marine Biology Research Division at Scripps. "His work has encompassed both basic science-including the biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology of manganese oxidation-as well as more applied aspects of heavy metal detoxification. Brad's work contributes to our basic understanding of biogeochemistry and is also directly applicable to bioremediation. The election to AAM recognizes the strength of these contributions." Tebo is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Geochemical Society, the American Chemical Society, the Oceanography Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Sigma Xi. AAM is the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, the world's oldest life science organization. Based in Washington, D.C., AAM has more than 2,000 fellows in 37 countries. # # # Note to broadcast and cable producers: University of California, San Diego provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. Please phone or e-mail the media contact listed above to arrange an interview. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. The National Research Council has ranked Scripps first in faculty quality among oceanography programs nationwide Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today in 65 countries. The institution has a staff of about 1,300, and annual expenditures of approximately $155 million from federal, state and private sources. Scripps operates one of the largest U.S. academic fleets with four oceanographic research ships and one research platform for worldwide exploration. |
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