With sadness, the shares the passing of Anton Post on October 7, 2023, in Israel. Dr. Post was a senior scientist in the ’s Josephine Bay Paul Center from 2008-2014 and a Whitman Center investigator from 2005-2007, and he collaborated with scientists for many years prior. He was a member of the Society from 2010-2017.
Dr. Post's research at concerned how the genomic control of nutrient physiology in cyanobacteria drives algal blooms, and how these blooms shape microbial community structures and affect nutrient cycling.
After serving as a National Science Foundation program officer for two years while maintaining an active research program at , Dr. Post was recruited by the University of Rhode Island to be director of its new Coastal Resource Center in 2015. He most recently was executive director of the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
A notice posted by his family is reprinted below.
Last Saturday night we said goodbye to our beloved Anton after a long year of fighting cancer.
His last breath was taken with calm and ease alongside his family and friends. We already miss this charming, impressive and complex man.
Anton was a man of vision, an explorer and a citizen of the world. Born in Holland in 1953, lived in Japan before migrating to Israel to raise a family, and lived a long period in the United States perusing new career goals and challenges. He even made it all the way to Antarctica for a long research expedition before moving back to Israel three years ago. Since then to the day of his passing, he was the director of the Binational Science Foundation, Israel & USA.
Wherever he went, he brought with him love, a sense of curiosity and a desire to connect and bond, along with a unique sense of humor and perspective on life.
We will cherish his contributions to his family, friends and colleagues.
We love you, Anton. Husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend.