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Students in intersession class, ID of Marine Invertebrates

Kathrine Bianchini (right) prepares to view polychaete worms under a microscope. Watching are Charlotte Fuller and Rebecca Noah. / KIRK MOORE/STAFF PHOTO

Buoy Cleaning

IMCS grad student Benedetto Schiraldi cleans the buoy that marks the location of the mooring array in preparation for redeployment.

George McGhee in Austria

George McGhee in Salzburg, Austria, while working as a Fellow of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in the Summer of 2010

Rutgers Day 2012

New Brunswick was a sea of scarlet at Rutgers University’s fourth annual Rutgers Day, an all-day festival celebrating academics, athletics and good, old-fashioned fun.

IMCS grad student Jack McSweeney (holding the core) prepares to sub sample the sediment core aboard the R/V Sharp in the Delaware Bay, while other members of the team assist (from left to right: Maria Aristzabal (IMCC Grad student) Bob Chant (IMCS professor and Co- PI on the cruise) and Benedetto Schiraldi (IMCS grad student)

Studying Hurricane Irene

IMCS technician Eli Hunter examines the mooring chain that became knotted in hurricane Irene, while IMCS grad student Maria Aristzabal prepares to remove the salinometer to see if the instrument collected data through the storm (it did!!)

Filtering rig on the RV Sharp

IMCS grad student Anna Hermes and the filtering rig on the RV Sharp. She is collecting particles from the water of the Delaware Estuary to study carbon sources at the land-ocean boundary.

Sampling in Meadowlands

Weis lab sampling in the Hackensack Meadowlands

Visiting Innovation Center

Aquaculture class touring Rutgers NJ Aquaculture Innovation Center in Cape May

Collecting and filtering water

IMCS grad student Anna Hermes brings in empty water bottles to refill with filtered water and IMCS undergrad Alyssa Karis mans the filter rig they are using to collect particles in the water of the Delaware Estuary.

Fish Tagging

Rutgers is performing fish tagging research in the Raritan River to see how local species are using the fish ladder. The target species is shad (Alosa), but any species that uses the ladder will be measured and tagged.

Buy Atlantic Crossing DVD

A unique opportunity to own a copy of the award winning documentary "Atlantic Crossing: A Robot's Daring Mission" from Green Planet Films!

Unique Crab

Very unusial partial albino blue crab lives now in wet lab tank. He was caught out near the barge at the mouth of the river by local crabber.

Tom Kean's visit

Former Governor Tom Kean visited IMCS on February 27. During his tenure as Governor he was responsible for securing the 13 million dollars that the NYNJ Port Authority provided towards the construction of IMCS.

Miniglider built by Nate

Ninth grade homeschool student, Nate Hoffman, is working with IMCS engineer, David Aragon, to build a working glider for an upcoming science fair competition. IMCS is committed to inspiring and supporting kids like Nate in pursuit of their interests in STEM fields.

Why come study at Rutgers?

How many people can say they were part of the team that sailed the first underwater robot across the Atlantic Ocean? Rutgers students can-- and do!
How can you get involved? Rutgers students can team up with Professors throughout the IMCS to do great research as illustrated by the undergraduates that anchor Rutgers Glider Program!

Jason Sadowski wins the Outstanding Senior in Marine and Coastal Sciences Award

Jason is graduating with a double major in Marine Science and Ecology and Natural Resources. During his time at Rutgers he has excelled in his coursework and pursued diverse research experiences on metapopulation dynamics, community ecology, and invasions.Read More...

Rutgers Study Assesses the Condition of New Jersey’s Coastal Ocean Waters

Since 2007, Rutgers marine scientists have been conducting a comprehensive and innovative ecological assessment of New Jersey’s nearshore ocean waters. And this study has some good news for our state...Read More...

Dr. Bonnie McCay named a member of the National Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to Dr. Bonnie McCay, professor II in the department of Human Ecology, who has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Bonnie is the sole member of the Rutgers faculty to honored this year.Read More...

Congratulations Jacqueline McSweeney!

Jacqueline is the recipient of the 2012 The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). This award will provide her with three years of financial support to carry out a project to study sediment transport.Read More...

Paul Falkowski is Einstein Professorship Program recipient

Twenty Einstein Professorships are awarded each year to distinguished international scientists actively working at the frontiers of science and technology, for conducting lecture-tours to China.Read More...

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IMCS is looking for Postdoctoral Fellows

IMCS The Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University is seeking Postdoctoral Associates in the areas of biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography. Prospective candidates should foster creative research avenues and interactions among existing research programs and faculty expertise. These fellowships are one year renewable appointments. Review of applications will commence on February 15, 2012 - applications will continue to be accepted after that time and reviewed on an ongoing basis.

To apply, please email a curriculum vitae, statement of research interest, and names of 3 references to Dr. Richard A. Lutz (Director, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences): This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (please include “Postdoc” in the subject line).

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