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November 30,
2005
Highlights
- Phoebe Zhang and colleagues recently announced that the Ocean
Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Portal and Secretariat
at Rutgers has now received over 7 million marine species distribution
records from Regional OBIS Nodes and research organizations throughout
the world.
- John Wilkin and Bill Emery (University of Colorado) have been
appointed to the Science Working Team for the German TerraSAR-X
project. TerraSAR-X is a synthetic aperture RADAR satellite mission
scheduled to launch in 2006. Wilkin and Emery will develop methods
for imaging mesoscale surface currents from SAR imagery in the
western North Atlantic.
- Alan Robock has received the Editor's Award from the Journal
of Hydrometeorology, "for providing timely, insightful, and
comprehensive reviews that have helped to ensure the publication
of high quality research," which will be presented at the
American Meteorological Society Annual Awards Banquet, February
1, 2006.
- Alan Robock was honored by the University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research for advocacy on behalf of the scientific community above
and beyond the call of duty, October, 2005.
- NJN recently aired segments on "Coastal Fish Tracking"
featuring Tom Grothues and Ken Able, and "Global Marine Census"
featuring Fred Grassle. You can view the videos by clicking on:
http://www.njn.net/newspublicaffairs/science/index.html
Meetings Attended
- Lily Young attended SETAC (Society for Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry) Annual Meeting, Nov. 13-17, 2005, Baltimore, MD.
- Alan Robock gave the following Invited talks:
-Hurricane Katrina Teach-In, Rutgers University, October 26, 2005
(On "Global warming produces stronger hurricanes")
-Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ. of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, November 4, 2006 (On "Using Soil Moisture Observations
to Study Climate Variations, to Evaluate Climate Models, and as
Ground Truth for Remote Sensing")
-Global Warming (invited presentation, Nuclear Policy Research
Institute workshop on Nuclear Power and Global Warming, Airlie
House, Warrenton, Virginia, November 7-8, 2005)
-Presentation to NJPIRG on Hurricane Katrina, Rutgers, November
15, 2005.
-Presentation on "Global Warming" to Air and Waste Management
Association student meeting, Rutgers, November 16, 2005.
- In October, Judith Weis attended the Estuarine Research Federation
meeting at which two of her graduate students presented papers:
Allison Candelmo presented a talk on "Behavior and condition
responses of young-of-the year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
to contaminants via trophic transfer. James MacDonald presented
a talk on "Subtidal animal communities in mangrove prop roots:
what impact does nearby anthropogenic disturbance have on community
composition and diversity?"
- In mid November Judith Weis participated in a board meeting
of the Association for Women in Science and a meeting of the National
Sea Grant Review Panel, both in Washington DC.
New Grants
- Oscar Schofield was awarded $327,864 from the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration for his research on the "Development
of Fluorescent Induction and Relaxation Systems for the Measurement
of Biomass." (7/1/05-6/30/06)
- Lily Young, NSF, Center for Environmental BioInorganic Chemistry,
Alkane Degradation in the Environment, P.I. .F Morel (Princeton
Univ), subcontract for this year, $110,000.
- Scott Glenn received $18,000 from CODAR Ocean Sensors for his
project "A System Performance Study on the Norwegian Coastline."
(5/12/05-12/30/05)
- Michael De Luca received $683,545 from the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration as Supplemental Construction Funding
for NERR. (9/1/05-2/28/07)
- Ken Able received $10,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation for his project "Evaluating Fish Response to Phragmites
Removal & Spartina Restoration: Underwater Video Technology."
(6/1/05-5/31/06)
- Sybil Seitzinger received $12,000 from NOAA for Rutgers CMER
2005 project "Summer Interns for 2006," under the direction
of Mike DeLuca. (9/1/05-8/31/06)
- Sybil Seitzinger received $762,295 from NOAA for the "Rutgers
CMER 2005: Bluefish IX" project under the direction of Mike
De Luca. (9/1/05-8/31/07)
Publications
- Perez-Jimenez, J., C. DeFraia and L.Y. Young. 2005. Arsenate
Respiratory Reductase Gene (arrA) for Desulfosporosinus sp. strain
Y5. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 338:825-829.
- Robock, Alan, 2005: Comment on "Climate forcing by the
volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo" by David H. Douglass
and Robert S. Knox. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L20711, doi:10.1029/2005GL023287.
- Vinnikov, K.Y., N.C. Grody, A. Robock, R.J. Stouffer, P.D. Jones,
and M.D. Goldberg, 2005: Temperature trends at the surface and
in the troposphere. J. Geophys. Res., in press.
- Weis, J.S. and P. Weis. 2005. Use of intertidal mangrove and
sea wall habitats by coral reef fishes in the Wakatobi Marine
Park, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53: 119-124.
- Weis, J.S. 2005. Diet and food web support of white perch,
Morone americana, in the Hackensack Meadowlands of New
Jersey. Environmental Biology of Fishes 74: 109-113.
Student News
- The Meteorology Club has received an Honorable Mention in the
American Meteorological Society competition for Student Chapter
of the Year. The Club won Student Chapter of the Year two years
ago and Honorable Mention last year, too.
- Katie Onesios, undergraduate Honors student, selected as one
of 10 students in Univ. Sao Paulo exchange, Nov. 8-13, 2005. Presented
poster, "Microbial reduction and oxidation of arsenic in
NJ black shale."
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