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Ann Pearson is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, also holding the position of the Murray Martha Ross Professor of Environmental Sciences. She specializes in analytical chemistry, isotope geochemistry, molecular biology, and biochemical oceanography, with a research focus on the history of the Earth. Pearson's work investigates microbial processes to provide insights into past environmental conditions and potential human impacts on the future. She has focused recent projects on carbon and nitrogen cycles, as well as lipid biosynthesis. Ann Pearson holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and a B.A. in Chemistry from Oberlin College. Throughout her career, she has received numerous accolades, including the David and Lucille Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering in 2004 and the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship in 2009. In 2012, she was named a Marine Microbiology Initiative Investigator by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and, in 2024, became a recipient of a National Academy of Sciences award.
Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).