FAMU School of the Environment Professor Henry Neal Williams, Ph.D., was awarded a $929,241 National Science Foundation (NSF) Excellence in Research grant to investigate predatory bacteria.
The three-year grant, “Excellence in Research: Assessing the Control by Multiple Micropredators on Bacterial Communities in Estuarine Environments and Characterization of Prey Lysis Products Resulting from each Predator,” will support research to advance understanding of the role of predators of bacteria in controlling and structuring bacteria and the cycling of nutrients in the environment.
The three-year grant, “Excellence in Research: Assessing the Control by Multiple Micropredators on Bacterial Communities in Estuarine Environments and Characterization of Prey Lysis Products Resulting from each Predator,” will support research to advance understanding of the role of predators of bacteria in controlling and structuring bacteria and the cycling of nutrients in the environment.
The award made to FAMU is a multi-institutional partnership with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University and Virginia Union University.
The grant will support graduate and undergraduate students and a postdoctoral associate to contribute to Dr. Williams’ research.