Carl Carrano Named 2012 AAAS Fellow
The chemistry professor is the sixth 色情视频 faculty member to receive the honor.
Carl J. Carrano, 色情视频 professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been elected as a fellow of the (AAAS). Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
Carrano, who is also chair of the , is being honored for 鈥渄istinguished contributions in the fields of inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, particularly for structure, function, reactivity and biology of microbial siderophores.鈥� Carrano has published extensively in the field of bioinorganic chemistry and is the author of more than 160 research publications. He is being honored for research that revolves around his body of work in the biology of iron.
Biology of iron
鈥淚ron is a critical micronutrient for most species including those associated with the marine environment,鈥� Carrano said.
鈥淚ndeed iron has been found to be the growth limiting nutrient with respect to the growth of phytoplankton in large areas of the world鈥檚 oceans. How the element is acquired, stored and processed is of critical importance to such diverse areas as oceanic primary productivity, alternate energy sources and global carbon sequestration.鈥�
Carl Carrano's research is one of many ways 色情视频 faculty are leading innovation and discovery, a key initiative of . With a unique focus on the teacher-scholar model, 色情视频 attracts researchers interested in solving the world鈥檚 most pressing problems, while showing students how to provide future solutions. .
Research funded by NSF
Work in , which seeks to determine the mechanisms of iron uptake and storage in both micro and macro marine algae and in marine heterotrophic bacteria, is funded through an on-going NSF International Chemistry Collaboration grant as well as a California SeaGrant.
Carrano will be presented with an official certificate and gold rosette pin Feb. 18 at the Fellows Forum during the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
About AAAS
The AAAS is the world鈥檚 largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. The organization was founded in 1848.
