Research Report from the Executive Vice President & Director of Research Science Highlights Research Departments Ocean Institutes Centers     Research > Research Departments > Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry > Awards & Recognition Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Overview | Awards & Recognition | Photos Awards & Recognition Chris Reddy received a 2003 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for research on how microbes degrade petroleum hydrocarbons. Meg Tivey was appointed co-chair of the Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks (ORION) steering committee, which oversees a National Science Foundation initiative to establish and operate long-term ocean observatories to collect continuous measurements of ocean phenomena. Promotions Wolfgang Bach, Associate Scientist Katrina Edwards, Associate Scientist