<p>Professor Katrina Edwards has received an award of $25 million from the National Science Foundation to establish the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations. Ms. Edwards is a professor of biological sciences and earth sciences. USC will be the home of the new center.</p>
<p>Edwards and her USC team will partner with several major research universities and national laboratories to study the “deep biosphere” beneath the oceans.</p>
<p>“USC College is proud to be the lead institution and home for the center and is committed to supporting tranformative research and entrepreneurial faculty who work collaboratively across disciplines and institutional boundaries to advance the frontiers of science and tackle the major issues of our time,” Howard Gillman, dean of the College of LAS remarked.</p>