Elisabeth Gantt facts for kids
Elisabeth Gantt, born in 1934, is a well-known botanist. A botanist is a scientist who studies plants. Dr. Gantt is famous for her work on how plants grow and what they are made of. She was born in Yugoslavia and later moved to the United States.
A Scientist Who Loves Plants
Dr. Gantt earned her Ph.D. at Northwestern University. Her main research has been about photosynthesis. This is the amazing process plants use to turn sunlight into food. She especially studied photosynthesis in tiny water plants called algae.
Teaching and Research Today
Today, Dr. Gantt is a special professor at the University of Maryland. She still teaches and studies botany and cell biology there. Cell biology is the study of the tiny building blocks that make up all living things. Her work is part of the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.
Awards and Recognition
Dr. Gantt's important discoveries have earned her many awards. In 1958, she received the Darbaker Prize from the Botanical Society of America. Later, in 1994, she won the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences is a very important group of top scientists in the United States. Dr. Gantt became a member of this academy in 1996. She is also part of other science groups, like the American Society of Plant Physiologists, where she even served as president.
See also
In Spanish: Elisabeth Gantt para niños
