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Ohio State professor works to save the world, one virus at a time

Matthew Sullivan, professor of microbiology and director for the Center of Microbiome Science, recently won the American Society for Microbiology Award for Environmental Research, which recognizes “an outstanding scientist with distinguished research achievements that have improved our understanding of microbes in the environment, including aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric settings.”

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