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Today Jim Prosser retires from an active career. Thread.
His work is well known but just wanted to highlight some of his achievements with help from @graemepaton007. It was a pleasure to be working alongside him @UoABioSci albeit for a short duration.
His work is well known but just wanted to highlight some of his achievements with help from @graemepaton007. It was a pleasure to be working alongside him @UoABioSci albeit for a short duration.
He's a great mentor. He supervised over 60 PhD students and continues to inspire. I first heard him give a birds-eye-view talk at ISME meeting and still remember that address. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=9hxQk5QAAAAJ&hl=en
He is most proud of providing an explanation for nitrification in acid soils & discovery of obligate acidophilic growth by a group of archaeal ammonia oxidisers that are distributed globally in acid soils.
https://www.pnas.org/content/108/38/15892/
https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/74/3/566/587047
https://www.pnas.org/content/108/38/15892/
https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/74/3/566/587047
Some of his perspectives on ecological theory in microbial ecology are quite popular: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro1643
The most recent is in a theme issue on 'conceptual challenges in microbial community ecology' https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2019.0241
The most recent is in a theme issue on 'conceptual challenges in microbial community ecology' https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2019.0241
Jim started @aberdeenuni as a Lecturer in September 1978. He was 1st in family to go to uni & claims to be a beneficiary of grammar schools policy to ‘exploit the potential’ of working class by educating them.
His favourite destination is Berkeley.
Wishing him all the best.
His favourite destination is Berkeley.
Wishing him all the best.
