A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine SciencePast Recipient, Dr. Lawrence R. Pomeroy(1989) |
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Dr.
Lawrence R. Pomeroy, twelfth recipient of
the A.G. HUNTSMAN Award, is being
recognized for his fundamental
contributions to our understanding of the
role of bacteria in the marine foodchain.
Now Alumni Foundation Distinguished
Professor in the Department of Zoology of
the University of Georgia, he began his
career at Rutgers University with
investigations into the physiology of
oysters. In 1954 he was appointed
Assistant Professor at the University of
Georgia and has remained at that
institution throughout his distinguished
career, except for a one-year appointment
with the National Science Foundation in
Washington. For the first decade of his
research at Georgia, he helped develop
the use of radioactive markers to trace
the flow of phosphorus in the marine
environment. Subsequently, he began his
investigations into the ultra-small cells
of the ocean and was first to demonstrate
their significance in the overall marine
food web. Dr. Pomeroy has remained at the
leading edge of his line of research to
this day, and continues to carry out
active research into bacterial responses
to temperature regimes and scarcity and
abundance of bacterial food supplies. 