Background
Chisholm, Sallie Watson was born on November 5, 1947 in Marquette, Michigan, United States.
researcher Biological oceanography educator
Chisholm, Sallie Watson was born on November 5, 1947 in Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor, Skidmore College, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, 1974.
Postdoctoral researcher biological oceanography, Scripps Institution Oceanography, 1974-1976;
McAfee professor engineering department civil and environmental engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1976;
professor department biology, since 1993. Massachusetts Institute of Technology director Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Joint Program in Oceanography, 1988-1996. Steering committee United States Joint Global Flux Study, 1989-1992.
Member ocean studies board National Research Council, 1990-1993.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Microbiology.