Boothbay Register reports on new Darling Marine Center professor
Boothbay Register published a news release from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center (DMC) announcing its newest faculty member, Jeremy Rich. Rich is a marine microbiologist with an interest in the global nitrogen cycle. He is interested in nitrogen, as it is the limiting nutrient to plant growth in almost any ecosystem, on land or in the ocean, and a key nutrient in fertilizer. “We are delighted to welcome professor Rich to the Darling Center. His passion for understanding the role of bacteria and other microbes in ecosystem response to changing environmental conditions builds on a strong and important tradition within the center,” said Heather Leslie, director of the DMC.