Benjamin Van Mooy

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Benjamin Van Mooy
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Van Mooy pictured in 2024
Born1971 or 1972
Alma mater Northwestern University (B.A.)
University of Washington (M.S.), (PhD) [1]
Awards MacArthur Fellowship

Benjamin Van Mooy (born 1971 or 1972) is an oceanographer and senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution located in Woods Hole, MA. His work primarily focuses on chemical oceanography, with a particular focus on the production and remineralization of marine organic matter.

Van Mooy received a BA from Northwestern University in 1995 and an MS (2000) and PhD (2003) from the University of Washington. [1] He joined the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 2003 and is currently a senior scientist and Deputy Director & VP for Science & Engineering. [2]

He is credited with the discovery of sulfolipid substitution for phospholipids in marine plankton in times of phosphorus scarcity, [3] and the production of viral glycosphingolipids as a result of infection from coccolithoviruses in Emiliania huxleyii [4]

In 2024, Van Mooy was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. [5]

Most cited publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Staff Website: Benjamin Van Mooy". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. "Staff Profile: Benjamin Van Mooy". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  3. Van Mooy, Benjamin A. S.; Fredricks, Helen F.; Pedler, Byron E.; Dyhrman, Sonya T.; Karl, David M.; Koblízek, Michal; Lomas, Michael W.; Mincer, Tracy J.; Moore, Lisa R.; Moutin, Thierry; Rappé, Michael S. (2009-03-05). "Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity". Nature. 458 (7234): 69–72. Bibcode:2009Natur.458...69V. doi:10.1038/nature07659. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   19182781. S2CID   18437046.
  4. Vardi, Assaf; Van Mooy, Benjamin A. S.; Fredricks, Helen F.; Popendorf, Kimberly J.; Ossolinski, Justin E.; Haramaty, Liti; Bidle, Kay D. (2009-11-06). "Viral glycosphingolipids induce lytic infection and cell death in marine phytoplankton". Science. 326 (5954): 861–865. Bibcode:2009Sci...326..861V. doi:10.1126/science.1177322. ISSN   1095-9203. PMID   19892986. S2CID   40102053.
  5. "Benjamin Van Mooy". MacArthur Foundation . Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Google Scholar Author page, Accessed July 24, 2021