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September 11, 2000

Highlights

  • Steven Eisenreich and John Reinfelder (Environmental Sciences) have been funded by the NJ DEP to continue their research on the role of the atmosphere in contaminating inland and coastal aquatic ecosystems through the 10 site New Jersey Atmospheric Deposition Network (NJADN). The principal objectives of the NJADN are to characterize the atmospheric concentrations and dynamics of organic (PCBs, PAHs, Cl-pesticides, Cl-dioxins/furans) and inorganic contaminants (trace metals, Hg and nutrients) in the coastal atmosphere, estimate depositional fluxes, assess the role of local, regional and long range transport, and identify source contributions. The network has been in operation since 10/1997 and has received funding to continue through 2001.
  • Karen Stocks successfully defended her Ph.D. Dissertation last Friday. Congratulations to Karen!
  • A lunch-time, ice-cream social is planned for noon on Tuesday, September 12th to welcome the new graduate students.
  • The new graduate students will meet with members of the GPO Executive Committee on Wednesday, September 20 at 3:00pm in Room 203.

Meetings Attended

  • Steven Eisenreich, Professor in Environmental Sciences, organized and chaired the Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Sciences: Water held in New Hampshire from June 25-30, 2000. The theme was "Environmental Pressures and Chemical Pathways from the Molecular to Ecosystem Scale." Lily Young presented an invited talk on "Anaerobic Biodegradation of Aromatic and Aliphatic Contaminants" and several Rutgers postdoctoral associates and graduate students attended and presented posters.

Let's Welcome

  • IMCS is pleased to welcome Rick Tidd as the Ocean Engineer for the Mid-Atlantic Bight National Undersea Research Center. Rick received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lowell and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. His recent accomplishments include the development of a machine vision system to detect and classify fish in an estuarine environment, and development of a virtual reality system as a user interface for an electrical current analysis tool. Most recently he was employed as a Senior Systems Engineer for Raytheon Company. At Raytheon, Rick was responsible for integrating tracking radars with missile systems, engineering and maintenance of surveillance systems, and developing documentation for interface and software requirements. In his new position, Rick will be responsible for the design and maintenance of undersea sampling and sensing systems including AUVs. Rick will be based at RUMFS in Tuckerton, and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in oceanography.
  • Students newly admitted to the Graduate Program in Oceanography for Fall 2000 are: Zoe Finkel (Oscar Schofield and Paul Falkowski, Advisors), Yongcheng Ji (Rob Sherrell and Sybil Seitzinger, Advisors), Jian (Ken) Wang (Ximing Guo, Adivisor) , Felisa Wolfe (Oscar Schofield, Advisor), and Linong Yan (Jennifer Francis, Advisor). Newly admitted to the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution is Dongsheng (Rocky) Chi (John Dighton, Advisor).