Yair Rosenthal, professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, and Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, has been appointed as a U.S. representative on the Science Steering and Evaluation Panel of the international Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.

Alan Robock, professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, has received the Bradley Prize from the Geological Society of Washington. Robock presented his paper, “Nuclear Winter Revisited: Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict Using Current Nuclear Arsenals,” in early December at the GSW Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Paul G. Falkowski, Board of Governors Professor of Geological and Marine Science in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Department of Geological Sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in marine ecology and the evolution of biogeochemical cycles.

Kay Bidle received the pretigious Raymond A. Lindeman Award, an international award given by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) for the best scientific research paper by a young oceanographer. Kay received the award at the ASLO Summer Meeting in Santiago de Compostela, Spain (19-24 June 2005) for his paper: Bidle, K.D., M. Manganelli and F. Azam. 2002. Regulation of diatom silicon and carbon preservation by temperature effects on bacterial activity. Science 298:1980-1984.

Gail Ashley, professor of geological sciences (NB), has been named president of the American Geological Institute and was inducted at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Philadelphia in October 2006.

Eleanor Bochenek, a marine scientist at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, has been elected by the Jersey Coast Angler’s Association as their Sportsperson of the Year. Bochenek was recognized for her contributions to the “Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs Program.”

Mike DeLuca was awarded the first NERRS/NERRA Award for Outstanding Contributions to the National Estuarine Research Reserve System at their Annual Meeting at Old Woman Creek NERR, October 19, 2006.
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The COOL group received the Rutgers President's Bridge Award, which recognizes exceptional spirit of collaboration and sharing of information and resources while pursuing the broad goal of excellent service to the benefit of the university. The RU Cool team established Rutgers as the first university to operate both L-Band and X-Band satellite receivers to access the full international constellation of ocean color satellites.
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Dennis Kent, professor of geological sciences (NB), is the 2006 European Geosciences Union Peregrinus Medalist for his contributions and leadership in palaeomagnetism.

Janice McDonnell was awarded the 2006 James Centorino Award at the National Marine Educators Association annual conference on July 18, 2006. This very prestigious annual award recognizes distinguished performance in marine education for a non-classroom educator.

Fred Grassle was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix des Sciences de la Mer Albert 1er de Monaco on December 15, 2005. This award is bestowed annually to an individual who has made major contributions to the advancement of the ocean sciences throughout the world. The award was presented at Les Salons de l'Ambassade in Paris by His Excellency Mr. Christian Orsetti, Ambassador of the Principauté de Monaco in France.