E. Virginia Armbrust
Biological oceanographer
E. Virginia Armbrust is a biological oceanographer, professor, and current director of the University of Washington School of Oceanography. She is an elected member of the Washington State Academy of Science, an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.2
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Companies
- University of WashingtonBoard member 2011 to 201811
Early life and education
- 1980Stanford University Master of Arts3 4
- 1990Massachusetts Institute of Technology Doctor of Philosophy3 4
- 1990Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Doctor of Philosophy3 4
Armbrust obtained a bachelor's degree in human biology at Stanford University in 1980. She then proceeded to obtain a PhD in biological oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1990.
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Career
Occupation: oceanographer, marine biologist, ecologist, biologist, university teacher.6
- 2011 to 2018Director, University of Washington4 5
- Since 2006Professor, University of Washington4 5
- 2002 to 2006Associate professor, University of Washington4 5
- 1996 to 2002Assistant professor, University of Washington4 5
- 1990 to 1995Postdoctoral researcher, Washington University in St. Louis4 5
- 1983 to 1990Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 5
- 1981 to 1983Laboratory technician, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories4 5
- 1980 to 1981Laboratory technician, California Department of Fish and Wildlife4 5
Following her doctorate, Armbrust began working as a postdoctoral researcher. She then became faculty at the University of Washington in 1996 and was elected director of the School of Oceanography in 2011.
Armbrust's current research focuses on phytoplankton and their interactions with bacteria. She is an investigator of the Simons Foundation in microbial oceanography.
She led a project which assembled the genome for a type of marine Euryarchaeota that could not be cultured in the lab. This involved sequencing the genomes of a mixtures of microorganisms from seawater, and assembling related sequence fragments into a complete genome for the marine Euryarchaeota specifically.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States7
Awards
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