CoEnv scientist named among new cohort of Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Investigators – Moore Foundation

Addendum: check out the great UW News Story about Armbrust’s award here!

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced Ginger Armbrust as one of its new Marine Microbiology Initiative investigators, which provides 16 scientists from 14 different institutions a total of up to $35 million over five years to pursue pioneering research in the field of marine microbial ecology. The funding will enable researchers to explore how the trillions upon trillions of microscopic organisms at the base of the ocean’s food webs interact with each other and their environment. It will help scientists understand how the ocean’s most abundant yet smallest organisms affect the movement of nutrients in our oceans. The funding will also provide new insights—and lead to new and exciting questions—about our basic understanding of ocean ecosystems and pressing issues like climate change.