{"id":5,"date":"2018-02-16T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T19:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:41:34","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/","title":{"rendered":"front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2018\/02\/waterbury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2018\/02\/waterbury.jpg\" alt=\"John Waterbury\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t<h2>Dr. John B. Waterbury<\/h2>\nScientist Emeritus<br \/>\nBiology\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nWork: 508-289-2742<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jwaterbury@whoi.edu\">jwaterbury@whoi.edu<\/a><br \/>\nBuilding: Watson Building 107\n<strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #51<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2018\/02\/cyano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2018\/02\/cyano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a> Cyanobacteria, including species of <i>Synechococcus<\/i>, <i>Trichodesmium<\/i>, and <i>Crocosphaera<\/i>, are prominent constituents of the marine biosphere that account for a significant percentage of global primary productivity.\u00a0 Additionally, in warm waters diazotrophic cyanobacteria (i.e., <i>Trichodesmium<\/i> and <i>Crocosphaera<\/i>) are vital components of the global nitrogen cycle through the production of &#8220;new&#8221; nitrogen.\u00a0 By studying the physiology of these important microorganisms at the cellular and molecular levels, we will gain new insights into the factors that affect their growth in situ and greatly increase our understanding of how marine nutrient cycles impact global processes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2026\/03\/JBW-CV-Long-citations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>B.A., University of Vermont, 1965<\/p>\n<p>M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1971<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1976<\/p>\n\t<h3>Awards<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994<\/li>\n<li>Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, 2003<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/press-room\/news-release\/whois-john-waterbury-receives-nas-gilbert-morgan-smith-medal\/\">Recipient of the 2012 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal from the National Academy of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3><em>Oceanus<\/em> Magazine<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Article by<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/little-things-matter-a-lot\">Little Things Matter a Lot<\/a><br \/>\nDecember 2004<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2019\/02\/Creature-Feature-Vol.-35-No.-32.pdf\">Creature Feature: Viruses of Marine Bacteria<\/a><br \/>\nVol. 35, No. 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Featured in<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/a-green-thumb-for-ocean-microbes\">A Green Thumb for Ocean Microbes<\/a><br \/>\nWinter 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/recycling-rare-essential-nutrients-in-the-sea\">Recycling Rare, Essential Nutrients in the Sea<\/a><br \/>\nJanuary 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/tracking-nitrogens-elusive-trail-in-the-ocean\">Tracking Nitrogen&#8217;s Elusive Trail in the Ocean<\/a><br \/>\nDecember 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/a-most-ingenious-paradoxical-plankton\">A Most Ingenious Paradoxical Plankton<\/a><br \/>\nDecember 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John B. Waterbury Scientist Emeritus Biology Contact Information: Work: 508-289-2742 jwaterbury@whoi.edu Building: Watson Building 107 Mailing Address: 266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #51 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 Research Interests Cyanobacteria, including species of Synechococcus, Trichodesmium, and Crocosphaera, are prominent constituents of the marine biosphere that account for a significant percentage of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jwaterbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}