Sonya Dyhrman

Dyrhman grew up in Washington where she spent days clamming on Puget Sound and started scuba diving before she could drive.{{Cite web |last=Stern |first=Carly |date=2020-03-09 |title=The Scientist Tackling the Ocean Food Chain |url=https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/will-your-favorite-fish-still-be-here-in-2050-the-microbes-tell-the-tale/284851/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224152028/https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/will-your-favorite-fish-still-be-here-in-2050-the-microbes-tell-the-tale/284851/ |archive-date=2021-12-24 |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=OZY}} She went to Dartmouth College and received her B.A. in 1994. She then earned her Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego in 1999.{{cite book|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T|date=1999|title=Cellular markers of phosphate stress in phytoplankton|oclc=1086373412|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1086373412|access-date=28 July 2021|language=English}} Following her Ph.D., she joined Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as postdoc and transitioned onto the scientific staff in 2002. In 2014, she moved to Columbia University, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) where she is a professor in earth and environmental sciences.{{Cite web|title=Sonya Dyhrman - Staff Profiles - The Earth Institute - Columbia University|url=https://www.earth.columbia.edu/users/profile/sonya-dyhrman|access-date=2021-07-28|website=www.earth.columbia.edu|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2014-10-05|title=Sonya Dyhrman|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/sonya-dyhrman/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Simons Foundation|language=en-US}}

Dyhrman uses molecular tools to examine phytoplankton in marine systems, with a focus on their ecosystem structure and biogeochemical impact. Her Ph.D. research examined the role of phosphate stress on phytoplankton where she identified proteins found in dinoflagellates grown under phosphate-limited conditions{{Cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Palenik|first2=Brian P.|date=1997|title=The Identification and Purification of a Cell-Surface Alkaline Phosphatase from the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum Minimum (dinophyceae)1|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00602.x|journal=Journal of Phycology|language=en|volume=33|issue=4|pages=602–612|doi=10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00602.x|bibcode=1997JPcgy..33..602D |s2cid=84642849|issn=1529-8817|url-access=subscription}} and then applied this tool to assess phosphate-stress conditions in the field.{{Cite journal|title=Phosphate Stress in Cultures and Field Populations of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum Detected by a Single-Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Assay|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|year=1999|language=en|doi=10.1128/aem.65.7.3205-3212.1999|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Palenik|first2=Brian|volume=65|issue=7|pages=3205–3212|pmid=10388722|pmc=91475|bibcode=1999ApEnM..65.3205D}} She has examined variability in how phytoplankton consume and produce different forms of phosphorus including dissolved organic phosphorus,{{Cite journal|last1=Ruttenberg|first1=Kathleen C.|last2=Dyhrman|first2=Sonya T.|date=2005|title=Temporal and spatial variability of dissolved organic and inorganic phosphorus, and metrics of phosphorus bioavailability in an upwelling-dominated coastal system|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2004JC002837|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans|language=en|volume=110|issue=C10|doi=10.1029/2004JC002837|bibcode=2005JGRC..11010S13R|issn=2156-2202|hdl=1912/3687|hdl-access=free}} polyphosphate,{{Cite journal|last1=Martin|first1=P.|last2=Dyhrman|first2=S. T.|last3=Lomas|first3=M. W.|last4=Poulton|first4=N. J.|last5=Van Mooy|first5=B. A. S.|author-link5=Benjamin Van Mooy|date=2014-04-21|title=Accumulation and enhanced cycling of polyphosphate by Sargasso Sea plankton in response to low phosphorus|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=111|issue=22|pages=8089–8094|doi=10.1073/pnas.1321719111|issn=0027-8424|pmc=4050623|pmid=24753593|bibcode=2014PNAS..111.8089M|doi-access=free}} and phosphonates.{{Cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Benitez-Nelson|first2=Claudia R.|last3=Orchard|first3=Elizabeth D.|last4=Haley|first4=Sheean T.|last5=Pellechia|first5=Perry J.|date=2009|title=A microbial source of phosphonates in oligotrophic marine systems|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo639|journal=Nature Geoscience|language=en|volume=2|issue=10|pages=696–699|doi=10.1038/ngeo639|bibcode=2009NatGe...2..696D|issn=1752-0908|url-access=subscription}} Dyhrman has also looked at cell-specific phosphorus stress using Trichodesmium as a model cyanobacteria,{{Cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Webb|first2=Eric A.|last3=Anderson|first3=Donald M.|last4=Moffett|first4=James W.|last5=Waterbury|first5=John B.|date=2002|title=Cell-specific detection of phosphorus stress in Trichodesmium from the Western North Atlantic|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|language=en|volume=47|issue=6|pages=1832–1836|doi=10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1832|bibcode=2002LimOc..47.1832S|issn=1939-5590|doi-access=free}} and specifically examined how use Trichodesmium use phosphonate in the ocean.{{cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=S. T.|last2=Chappell|first2=P. D.|last3=Haley|first3=S. T.|last4=Moffett|first4=J. W.|last5=Orchard|first5=E. D.|last6=Waterbury|first6=J. B.|last7=Webb|first7=E. A.|date=January 2006|title=Phosphonate utilization by the globally important marine diazotroph Trichodesmium|url=https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04203|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=439|issue=7072|pages=68–71|doi=10.1038/nature04203|pmid=16397497|bibcode=2006Natur.439...68D|s2cid=4409898|issn=1476-4687|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web|date=May 14, 2015|title=Ocean's hidden fertilizer: Marine plants play major role in phosphorus cycling|url=https://phys.org/news/2015-05-ocean-hidden-fertilizer-marine-major.html|access-date=2021-07-28|website=phys.org|language=en}} A portion of her research interests include investigations into diatoms,{{Cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Jenkins|first2=Bethany D.|last3=Rynearson|first3=Tatiana A.|author-link3=Tatiana Rynearson|last4=Saito|first4=Mak A.|last5=Mercier|first5=Melissa L.|last6=Alexander|first6=Harriet|last7=Whitney|first7=LeAnn P.|last8=Drzewianowski|first8=Andrea|last9=Bulygin|first9=Vladimir V.|last10=Bertrand|first10=Erin M.|last11=Wu|first11=Zhijin|date=2012-03-29|title=The Transcriptome and Proteome of the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana Reveal a Diverse Phosphorus Stress Response|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=7|issue=3|pages=e33768|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0033768|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3315573|pmid=22479440|bibcode=2012PLoSO...733768D|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Alexander|first1=Harriet|last2=Jenkins|first2=Bethany D.|last3=Rynearson|first3=Tatiana A.|author-link3=Tatiana Rynearson|last4=Dyhrman|first4=Sonya T.|date=2015-04-13|title=Metatranscriptome analyses indicate resource partitioning between diatoms in the field|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=112|issue=17|pages=E2182–E2190|doi=10.1073/pnas.1421993112|issn=0027-8424|pmc=4418864|pmid=25870299|bibcode=2015PNAS..112E2182A|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|date=April 13, 2015|title=Coexisting in a sea of competition: Similar diatom species seek out nutrients in different ways|url=https://phys.org/news/2015-04-coexisting-sea-competition-similar-diatom.html|access-date=2021-07-28|website=phys.org|language=en}} cyanobacteria,{{Cite journal|title=Phosphorus Scavenging in the Unicellular Marine Diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii|year=2006|language=en|doi=10.1128/aem.72.2.1452-1458.2006|pmc=1392970|pmid=16461699|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Haley|first2=Sheean T.|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|volume=72|issue=2|pages=1452–1458|bibcode=2006ApEnM..72.1452D}} and harmful algal organisms.{{Cite journal|title=Parallel Analyses of Alexandrium catenella Cell Concentrations and Shellfish Toxicity in the Puget Sound|year=2010|language=en|doi=10.1128/aem.03095-09|pmc=2901750|pmid=20495054|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Haley|first2=Sheean T.|last3=Borchert|first3=Jerry A.|last4=Lona|first4=Bob|last5=Kollars|first5=Nicole|last6=Erdner|first6=Deana L.|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|volume=76|issue=14|pages=4647–4654|bibcode=2010ApEnM..76.4647D}}{{Cite journal|last1=Wurch|first1=Louie L.|last2=Haley|first2=Sheean T.|last3=Orchard|first3=Elizabeth D.|last4=Gobler|first4=Christopher J.|last5=Dyhrman|first5=Sonya T.|date=2011|title=Nutrient-regulated transcriptional responses in the brown tide-forming alga Aureococcus anophagefferens|journal=Environmental Microbiology|language=en|volume=13|issue=2|pages=468–481|doi=10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02351.x|issn=1462-2920|pmc=3282463|pmid=20880332|bibcode=2011EnvMi..13..468W }}

• {{cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Ruttenberg|first2=Kathleen C.|date=2006|title=Presence and regulation of alkaline phosphatase activity in eukaryotic phytoplankton from the coastal ocean: Implications for dissolved organic phosphorus remineralization|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|language=en|volume=51|issue=3|pages=1381–1390|doi=10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1381|bibcode=2006LimOc..51.1381D|issn=1939-5590|doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=S. T.|last2=Chappell|first2=P. D.|last3=Haley|first3=S. T.|last4=Moffett|first4=J. W.|last5=Orchard|first5=E. D.|last6=Waterbury|first6=J. B.|last7=Webb|first7=E. A.|date=January 2006|title=Phosphonate utilization by the globally important marine diazotroph Trichodesmium|url=https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04203|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=439|issue=7072|pages=68–71|doi=10.1038/nature04203|pmid=16397497|bibcode=2006Natur.439...68D|s2cid=4409898|issn=1476-4687|url-access=subscription}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Ammerman|first2=James W.|last3=Van Mooy|first3=Benjamin A. S.|author-link3=Benjamin Van Mooy|date=2007|title=Microbes and the Marine Phosphorus Cycle|journal=Oceanography|volume=20|issue=2|pages=110–116|doi=10.5670/oceanog.2007.54|jstor=24860049|issn=1042-8275|doi-access=free|hdl=1912/2777|hdl-access=free}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Van Mooy|first1=Benjamin A. S.|author-link1=Benjamin Van Mooy|last2=Fredricks|first2=Helen F.|last3=Pedler|first3=Byron E.|last4=Dyhrman|first4=Sonya T.|last5=Karl|first5=David M.|last6=Koblížek|first6=Michal|last7=Lomas|first7=Michael W.|last8=Mincer|first8=Tracy J.|last9=Moore|first9=Lisa R.|last10=Moutin|first10=Thierry|last11=Rappé|first11=Michael S.|date=March 2009|title=Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity|url=https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07659|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=458|issue=7234|pages=69–72|doi=10.1038/nature07659|issn=1476-4687|last12=Webb|first12=Eric A.|pmid=19182781|bibcode=2009Natur.458...69V|s2cid=18437046}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Dyhrman|first1=Sonya T.|last2=Jenkins|first2=Bethany D.|last3=Rynearson|first3=Tatiana A.|author-link3=Tatiana Rynearson|last4=Saito|first4=Mak A.|last5=Mercier|first5=Melissa L.|last6=Alexander|first6=Harriet|last7=Whitney|first7=LeAnn P.|last8=Drzewianowski|first8=Andrea|last9=Bulygin|first9=Vladimir V.|last10=Bertrand|first10=Erin M.|last11=Wu|first11=Zhijin|date=29 March 2012|title=The Transcriptome and Proteome of the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana Reveal a Diverse Phosphorus Stress Response|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=7|issue=3|pages=e33768|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0033768|issn=1932-6203|first13=Abigail|last13=Heithoff|first12=Claudia|last12=Benitez-Nelson|pmid=22479440|pmc=3315573|bibcode=2012PLoSO...733768D|doi-access=free}}

• Marie Tharp Fellow, Columbia University Earth Institute (2007)
• Sir Allan Sewell Fellow, Griffith University{{Year needed|date=July 2021}}
• Kavli Fellow, National Academy Frontiers of Science 2014, 2016){{cite web|title=Sonya Dyhrman|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/frontiers-alumni/alumni-directory/sonya-dyhrman.html|access-date=28 July 2021|website=www.nasonline.org}}
• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (2019){{cite web|date=7 February 2019|title=Sonya Dyhrman Named Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology|url=https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2019/02/07/sonya-dyhrman-named-fellow-american-academy-microbiology/|access-date=28 July 2021|website=State of the Planet|language=en}}

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