Ann Pearson’s research focuses on applications of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen isotope geochemistry and molecular biology to biogeochemistry, oceanography, and Earth history. Through study of the “how, when, and why” of microbial processes, her work yields insight about environmental conditions on Earth today, in the past, and about potential human impacts on our future. Recent projects have focused on the carbon and nitrogen cycles, on pathways of lipid biosynthesis, and on the marine Archaea. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.