Life Science: Session 2
Scientist at Work
Dr. Colleen M. Cavanaugh is the Edward C. Jeffrey
Professor of Biology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary
Biology
at Harvard University. She received both an M.A. and Ph.D.
from Harvard University in 1981 and 1985, respectively. Professor Cavanaugh's
continuing research interests include prokaryote-eukaryote
symbiosis,
including its physiology, biochemistry, ecology, evolution,
the co-evolution of host and symbiont, and the physiology, molecular
biology, ecology,
and evolution of autotrophs and methanotrophs, as well as microbial
cycling of inorganic and organic compounds. In addition to
her teaching responsibilities at Harvard, Dr. Cavanaugh she is a Visiting
Investigator
at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and has ten deep-sea
research cruises worldwide, and twelve deep-sea dives on the
submersible Alvin to her credit. She is the author or co-author of
approximately
50 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
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