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Farooq Azam - Wikipedia

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Farooq Azam
Born	Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani-American
Alma mater	University of Punjab Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
Fields	Marine Biology and Microbiology
Institutions	University of California San Diego, United States

Farooq Azam (born in Lahore, Pakistan ) is a researcher in the field of marine microbiology. He is a distinguished professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego.^[1] Farooq Azam grew up in Lahore and received his early education in Lahore. He attended University of Punjab, where he received his B.Sc. in chemistry. He later he received his M.Sc. from the same institution. He then went to Czechoslovakia for higher studies. He received his PhD in microbiology from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. After he received his PhD, Farooq Azam moved to California. Azam was the lead author on the paper which coined the term microbial loop.^[2] This 1983 paper involved a synthesis between a number of leaders in the (then) young field of microbial ecology, specifically, Azam, Tom Fenchel, J Field, J Gray, L Meyer-Reil and Tron Frede Thingstad.

In addition to introducing the concept of the microbial loop Azam is responsible for bringing conceptual advances in several areas of marine microbiology. He is a leader in identifying the importance of microscale patchiness in the marine environment, and that bacteria can respond to patchiness in nutrient fields and particulate organic matter. This area of research is now pursued more actively in the field at large with the introduction of advanced digital and single cell imaging. He and then graduate student Kay Bidle also showed that the dissolution of diatom frustules was accelerated by bacteria, as opposed to being a strictly abiotic process as previously thought.^[3] He and former post-doctoral researcher Alexandra Worden introduced the concept of Eco-systems Biology in 2004.^[4] Eco-systems Biology (or Ecosystems Biology) has since been adopted by the field, empowered by the advent of high-throughput sequencing platforms.

Honors and awards

Elected to the Academia Europaea (European Academy of Science and Letters) 2019
Elected to the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, 2016
D. C. White Research and Mentoring Award, 2013 Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
John Martin Award, ASLO, 2006^[5]
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award (ASLO), 1995^[6]
Nan-Qiang Forum for Distinguished Scientists Lecture, Xiamen University, PRC, 2006
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2004^[7]
Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, U. Kalmar, Sweden, 2004^[7]
Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, Scripps, UCSD, 2004
Tiedje Award, International Society for Microbial Ecology, 2004^[8]
ISI Highly Cited Researcher, 2002
C. B. Van Niel Memorial Lecture, Stanford University, 1997^[9]
Plymouth Marine Sciences Lecture & Medal, 1996
Excellence in Research Award, UCSD, 1996
Eminent Scholars Series Lecturer, U. South Florida, 1995
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award (ASLO), 1995^[10]
Honorary Staff Member, Ecology Institute, Germany, 1985
Rosenstiel Medal in Oceanographic Sciences, 1984
Steinbach Visiting Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1984
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, SUNY, Stony Brook, 1983
Antarctic Service Medal of the USA
Faculty of 1000, Present

References

^ "Bio, Farooq Azam". Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
^ Azam F, Fenchel T, Field JG, Gray JS, Meyer-Reil LA, Thingstad F. (1983). “The ecological role of water-column microbes in the sea”. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 10: 257-263
^ Regulation of oceanic silicon and carbon preservation by temperature control on bacteria. Bidle KD1, Manganelli M, Azam F. Science. 2002 Dec 6;298(5600):1980-4.
^ Oceanography. Microbes, molecules, and marine ecosystems. Azam F, Worden AZ. Science. 2004 Mar 12;303(5664):1622-4.
^ ASLO Award Recipient Talks, Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Accessed September 1, 2010.
^ G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award, Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Accessed September 1, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Scripps Oceanography Microbiologist Receives Honors, University of California at San Diego news release, June 2, 2004. Accessed September 1, 2004
^ Awards. International Society for Microbial Ecology. Accessed September 1, 2010
^ Memorial lectures Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University. Accessed September 1, 2010
^ G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award, Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Accessed September 1, 2010. Award citation: "in recognition of his seminal contributions to our knowledge of fundamental processes in the sea, and particularly for his central role in the development of the concept of the 'microbial loop'".

External links

Farooq Azam's webpage at Scripps Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
Webpage of Farooq Azam's Lab

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