
Institute Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Biology
MIT 48-419
15 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 253-1771
Fax: (617) 324-0336
Email: chisholm at mit dot edu
Curriculum Vitae (file):
Employment and Positions:
2015-present | Institute Professor |
2006-2008 | Director, MIT Earth System Initiative Co-Director, Terrascope (www.web.mit.edu/terrascope) |
1993-present | Joint Appointment, Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1976-present | Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Division of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1988-1995 | MIT Director, MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering |
1978-present | Visiting Scientist, Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1974-76 | Post-Doctoral Researcher, Biological Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Professional Societies:
American Society of Microbiology
International Society of Microbial Ecology
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (Member-at-Large 1983-1986)
Phycological Society of America (Associate Editor, J. Phycol. 1983-1987)
The Oceanography Society (Charter Council Member 1989-1991)
Ecological Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma XI
Selected Honors and Awards:
2019 | Crafoord Prize in the Bioscienes, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
2018 | Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) Harvard University |
2016 | Jim Tiedje Award, International Society of Microbial Ecology |
2015 | Appointed Institute Professor, MIT |
2015 | Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) Skidmore College |
2015 | Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona, Correspondent Member |
2014 | Killian Faculty Achievement Award, MIT |
2014 | Skidmore College Distinguished Alumni Award |
2013 | Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Government of Catalonia, Spain |
2013 | 2011 National Medal of Science, the White House |
2012 | Ruth Patrick Award, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography |
2011 | Darbaker Prize: Botanical Society of America |
2010 | Agassiz Medal: National Academy of Sciences |
2005 | Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science |
2004-2012 | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator in Marine Science |
2003 | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2002-2015 | Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies (Endowed Chair) |
1995-2002 | McAfee Professor of Engineering (Endowed Chair) |
1998, 2013 | Resident Scholar, Bellagio Conference and Study Center, Italy |
1997-1998 | Guggenheim Fellow |
1992 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
1991 | Rosenstiel Award in Ocean Sciences |