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August 31,
2007
Highlights
- Kay Bidle and Paul Falkowski were featured in several articles
relating to the discovery of microorganisms in blocks of ice from
Antarctic glaciers, ranging from 100,000 to 8 million years old.
Their research with SangHoon Lee (Polar Research Institute, Korea
Ocean Research and Development Institute) and David Marchant (Department
of Earth Sciences, Boston University) “Fossil genes and
microbes in the oldest ice on Earth” was published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2007, 104(33):13455-13460.
To read articles, go to the link http://www.marine.rutgers.edu/
- Ken Able received letters from the Coast Guard and NJ Department
of Environmental Protection thanking him and the staff of the
Rutgers University Marine Field Station in Tuckerton for their
help during the recent rescue and cleanup efforts surrounding
the grounding of the vessel "Rough Seas" near Little
Egg Inlet. The letters complimented both the location and condition
of the facility, and cited its importance in the cleanup efforts
and in protecting the surrounding Mullica River - Great Bay estuary
region in general.
- On August 3, 2007, Paul Falkowski was on the Leonard Lopez
show on NPR (WYNC) with Bill Ryan (LDEO).
- John Wilkin was elected to serve as Vice-Chair of the next
Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling in June,
2011, and Chair of the subsequent meeting in June 2015.
- Peter Rona served as Chief Scientist on a NOAA National Undersea
Research Program-sponsored cruise of the NOAA Ship Ron Brown (8-23
August 2007) that investigated with an AUV and CTD-rosette the
seafloor and water column at the head of Hudson Canyon as a dynamic
interface between the continental shelf and slope. Results will
be reported at the AGU Fall Meeting in December.
- The week of July 9, John Wilkin was in Washington DC participating
in a review committee set up by EPA's Science Advisory Board to
review EPA's draft "Report on the Environment 2007."
- Alan Robock gave an invited presentation at "Stemming
the Tide, Helping New Jersey Cope with Past and Future Floods"
conference organized by Senator Robert Menendez, New Brunswick,
New Jersey, August 8, 2007.
- Lily Young gave an invited Keynote Lecture: Microbial Transformations
of Hazardous Metals in the Environment. 12th International Symposium
on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-12, Kunming, China August 4, 2007.
- Alan Robock gave the introduction and led the discussion after
the showing of "An Inconvenient Truth," West Orange
Public Library, August 9, 2007.
- Alan Robock was quoted in an article in Nature: Hoag, Hannah,
2007: Risky business: Altering the atmosphere, Nature Reports
Climate Change, 3, 34-35.
http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0708/pdf/climate.2007.27.pdf
Meetings Attended
- John Wilkin presented a talk "Prediction and Analysis
for Mid-Atlantic Bight Ocean Observatories" at the Gordon
Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling, New Hampshire,
June 17-22, 2007.
- Jason Sylvan and Jim Ammerman attended the Ocean Carbon &
Biogeochemistry Meeting at WHOI from July 23-26, 2007, and presented
the following poster: Does assimilation of dissolved organic phosphorus
support growth and export fluxes in the Sargasso Sea? (With co-authors
M. W. Lomas and A. Burke, BIOS, and S. T. Dyhrman and E. D. Orchard,
WHOI)
New Grants
- DeLuca, M. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
JC Estuarine Research Reserve Program Operations Budget. 10/01/07-03/31/09,
($560,000)
- Kustka, A.B. and B.S. Twining. National Science Foundation
Biological Oceanography. Collaborative Research: "Iron storage
in diatoms and N2 fixing cyanobacteria: mechanisms, regulation
and biogeochemical significance." $565,000 ($317,000 to Rutgers).
- Allen, A. and A.B. Kustka. National Science Foundation Biological
Oceanography. Collaborative Research: "Expression profiling
and functional genomics of a pennate diatom: mechanisms of iron
acquisition, stress acclimation, and recovery." $915,000
($265,000 to Rutgers).
- Glenn, S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Phased Deployment & Operation of the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Coastal Ocean Observing System. 10/01/07-09/30/10, ($1,700,000)
- Sikes, E. National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research:
"Controls on Alkenon Temperature Estimates in Subtropical
& Subpolar Waters." 10/01/07-10/31/10, ($323,749)
- DeLuca, M. and N. Psuty. National Park Service, Development
of a Coastal Geomorph Monitoring Protocol, Year 3 (additional
funding). ($5,170)
Publications
- Able, K.W. and T.M. Grothues. 2007. Diversity of estuarine
movements of striped bass (/Morone saxatilis/): a synoptic examination
of an estuarine system in southern New Jersey. Fishery Bulletin
105:426-435.
- Bushek, D., M. Heidenreich, D. Porter. 2007. The effects of
several common anthropogenic contaminants on proliferation of
the parasitic oyster pathogen. Marine Environmental Research 64:
535-540.
- Gao, Y., M.J. Kennish, and A. McGuirk-Flynn. 2007. Atmospheric
deposition of nitrogen to New Jersey coastal waters and its implications
for nutrient enrichment and biotic impacts. Ecological Applications,
17(5) Supplement: 31-41.Kennish, M.J. (Editor). 2007. Eutrophication
of estuarine and shallow coastal marine systems. Ecological Applications,
17(5) Supplement. 196 pp.
- Kennish, M.J. and A.R. Townsend. 2007. Nutrient enrichment
and estuarine eutrophication. Ecological Applications, 17(5) Supplement:
1-2.
- Kennish, M.J., S.B. Bricker, W.C. Dennison, P.M. Glibert, R.J.
Livingston, K.A. Moore, R.T. Noble, H.W. Paerl, J.M. Ramstack,
S. Seitzinger, D.A. Tomasko, and I. Valiela. 2007. Barnegat Bay-Little
Egg Harbor Estuary: case study of a highly eutrophic coastal bay
system. Ecological Applications, 17(5) Supplement: 3-16.
- Kustka, A.B., A.E. Allen, and F.M.M. Morel. 2007. Sequence
analysis and transcriptional regulation of iron acquisition genes
in two marine diatoms. Journal of Phycology 43(4):715729.
To read click here or
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00359.x
Student News
- Congratulations to the newly elected officers of the Oceanography
Graduate Students Association (OGSA) for the 2007-2008 school
year. Officers are Donglai Gong (President), Naomi Fleming (VP),
Gordon Zhang (Secretary), Brian Gaas (Treasurer), Alex Kahl &
Ramya Ramaurai (Seminar/Website), and Kate Jordan and Nicole Reinault
(Refreshment Committee)
- Congratulations to David Gruber on the successful completion
of his PhD dissertation! We wish him every success as he begins
his postdoctoral position at Brown.
- Let's welcome our new Graduate students:
Maria Aristizabal (Graduate Program in Oceanography): "I
am from Colombia and I grew up in its second largest city Medellin.
La Universidad de Antioquia is the main public university in Medellin
and is there that I obtained my undergraduate and master degree
in physics and later worked as a part-time physics professor in
the engineering department. I enjoy physics and math very much
but I am also moved by environmental issues and have a deep respect
for nature. I am thrilled at being part of the Oceanography program
at Rutgers and I will do my best to learn as much as possible
from my professors and advisers. My academic interest is in physical
oceanography and I will be working with Bob Chant and John Wilkin
on shallow water systems.
My main personal interest is to spend quality time with my husband
and our two-year old son. I enjoy listening to classical music,
hiking, camping, swimming in rivers and in general being in the
outdoors." (Bob Chant/John Wilkin, Advisors, room 111F)
Tali Babila (Graduate Program in Oceanography): I'm from Venice
Beach, California and I'm a new PhD student in the Marine Biogeochemistry
& Paleoceanography group. I graduated from the University
of Miami with a B.S degree in marine Science and Geology and I
want to study paleoclimate. I like travelling, camping, hiking,
diving and being outdoors. (room 114F)
Jige Guo (Graduate Program in Oceanography): "I studied
Atmospheric Science in undergraduate years and did some research
on surface currents in the global ocean for my master's degree.
My interests here include building the observing system and understanding
the processes and phenomenon in the coastal ocean through disciplinary
approaches of physical, chemical and biological oceanography.
I like music (especially soft piano music or country music), singing
(hymns or contemporary Christian songs), reading (especially short,
sweet stories and beautiful poems), cooking (focus on healthy
food), gardening, walking and swimming." (Scott Glenn/Bob
Chant, Advisors, room 111F, ext. 532)
Joan Pravatiner (Graduate Program in Oceanography): "I
grew up in Chicago and Minnesota, and did my undergraduate degree
in marine science with a focus in marine biology at the University
of South Carolina. After that I worked for the last two years
as a federal biologist/observer on the Bering Sea US fishing fleet
out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. I'm working as Ken Able's graduate
student for my years at Rutgers. My research interests are in
ichthyology, and primarily early life history of fishes and what
effects environment may have on those stages. My personal interests
include hockey, reading, knitting, camping, and boating. (Ken
Able, Advisor, room 309B).
Gillian Robbins (Graduate Program in Oceanography): "My
background is in microbiology and chemistry from the University
of Florida. My research interests (both then and now) involve
fundamental questions on the historical and ongoing evolution
of life among other things (which fall second in priority)-such
as development of novel chemistry from marine natural products
for disease research and personalized medicine. On my spare time
I enjoy traveling, nature, music, and my long lost hobbies of
horseback riding, tennis, and diving. Also I would like to make
a trip on the Alvin someday, that would be really cool."
(Paul Falkowski, Advisor, room 318B, ext. 222)
Zhiren Wang (Graduate Program in Atmospheric Sciences): "I'm
Zhiren Wang, a new graduate student of Professor Dale Haidvogel.
You can call me Joseph that is easy to pronounce and is my favorite
name.
I will work on climate numerical modeling under the guidance of
Dale. Last 5 years, I worked at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
as an associate staff engaged in climate numerical modeling, data
analysis, and some theoretical aspects of climate. Before that
I worked at the National Research Center for Marine Environmental
forecasts in China as an associate researcher after I got my master
degree in marine meteorology and bachelor's degree in atmospheric
dynamics and physics.
It is my pleasure and honor to study and work with you all in
the future." (Dale Haidvogel, Advisor, room 211F)
Let's Welcome
- Jordi Solé from IMEDEA (Mediterranean Institute for
Advanced Studies) at the University of the Balearic Islands in
Mallorca, Spain, is visiting the Ocean Modeling and Prediction
Group during the summer to collaborate on creating a bio-physical
model of the western Mediterranean Sea.
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