"These plankton, and the molecules they contain, are my passion. The role of plankton in critical ocean processes remains a mystery, but the molecules in plankton, particularly lipids, can help us 'see' plankton, and thus the ocean, in entirely new ways."
"When I first got the call from the MacArthur Foundation, I was absolutely convinced they dialed the wrong number."
"The MacArthur Fellows Program recognizes a handful of extraordinarily creative individuals each year. In addition to the title, the foundation awards each individual fellow a grant of $800,000."
"Benjamin Van Mooy is a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, where he studies how plankton can impact delicate food webs, climate regulation, and carbon storing in the ocean."
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