Martin Polz
Associate Professor
MIT
15 Vassar Street, Bldg 48-417
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: mpolz@mit.edu
Harvard University, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Ph. D., 1997
Harvard University, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology A. M. 1995
University of Vienna, Zoology Mag. rer. nat. 1991
Ph. D. thesis, Harvard University: "The Ecology of Epibiotic Associations in the Marine Environment" Advisor: Prof. Colleen Cavanaugh
Mag. rer. nat. thesis, University of Vienna: "Characterization of Ectosymbiotic Bacteria on Marine, Free-Living Nematodes (Stilbonematinae)" Advisor: Prof. Jorg Ott
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology July 2004-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology January 1998-June 2004
Consultant, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory July-December 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University May-June 1997
Graduate Research Assistant, Harvard University September 1991-May 1997
Molecular Microbial Ecology with emphasis on structure function relationships in microbial communities.
Environmental genomics with emphasis on population structure and differentiation.
Microbially mediated transformations of energy and matter, especially metal cycling by bacteria. Ecology of symbionts and pathogens.
Gilbert Winslow Career Development Chair, 2003-2004
Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization, 2000-2002
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Visiting Assistant Professor, Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver; Outstanding Young Investigator in Residence Program, Aug. 2000
Gilbert Winslow Career Development Chair, 1999-2001
ASM Sustaining Member Student Travel Grant, 1997
Anna Vaughn Foundation Fellowship, 1994-96
OEB Fellowship for field research, 1993
BKU Fellowship, Summer 1990
1.107 Environmental Chemistry and Biology Laboratory
1.080 Environmental Chemistry and Biology
1.89 Environmental Microbiology
1.82 Problems in Aquatic Biology and Chemistry