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Ann Pearson

Ann Pearson
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

 Office: Hoffman 303
 Assistant: Olga Kolas (617) 496-7504
 Email: pearson@eps.harvard.edu
 Web:  http://www.eps.harvard.edu/people/faculty/pearsonlab/index.html
Research Interests:

Carbon isotope biogeochemistry; compound-specific d13C and D14C analysis of lipids and RNA; global organic carbon cycle; microbial metabolism in anoxic marine systems; sources of carbon to marine sediments.

Environmental Courses:

[EPS 187: Biogeochemical Processes]
[EPS 287: Advanced Geobiology and Biogeochemistry]
EPS 339: Biogeochemistry

Related Publications:

Higgins MB, Robinson RS, Carter SJ, Husson J, Pearson A. Dominant eukaryotic export production during ocean anoxic events reflects the importance of recycled NH4+. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109, 2269-2274. (2012)
Anoxygenic Photosynthesis Modulated Proterozoic Oxygen and Sustained Earth's Middle Age. (2009)
A Contemporary Microbially Maintained Subglacial Ferrous "Ocean." (2009)
Global Cooling During the Eocene-Oligocene Climate Transition. (2009)
Modern carbon supports suspended bacteria in the oligotrophic ocean. (2008)
Terpenoid cyclases of proteobacteria dominate the Global Ocean Sampling. (2008)
Novel hopanoid cyclases from the environment. (2007)

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