Stephanie Schorow
When MIT Professor of Anthropology Stefan Helmreich set out to examine the world of marine microbiologists for a new book, his research took an unexpected twist.
Helmreich, who has been recognized for his innovative cultural anthropology work, had decided to study scientists who chase some of the world’s smallest creatures in some of the world’s most forbidding places. So he spent long hours interviewing microbial biologists such as Penny Chisholm, the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at MIT, and Edward DeLong, professor in MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an associate member at the Broad Institute.
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