I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest where my backyard provided many opportunities to study and enjoy nature. I received my B.A. in Geology at Whitman College analyzing the geochemistry of Columbia River Basalt paleosols. Following graduation, I completed an internship at the U.S. Geological Survey as a...
Coring to Reconstruct Ocean Currents and Carbon Dioxide Across 2 Seas
DMCS members Vince Clementi, Liz Sikes and Eli Hunter on the Thomas G.Thompson. Professor Liz Sikes is leading a coring cruise to the Southeast Indian and Southern Oceans to collect deep sea sediments. This will be one of the first US expeditions to attempt to core withline. The Rutgers team...
RU 29 Challenger Mission: Indian Ocean
For the latest information on the Challenger Mission, check out the Mission Blog RU 29, Challenger, is back in the water after the completion of the South Atlantic Circumnavigation for our next mission: to go from Perth, Australia to Sri Lanka, to South Africa and back to Australia over the...
Craig McLean receives Challenger and Distinguished Alumni Awards
On Thursday November 10th, Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spoke at the Marine and Coastal Sciences as part of a series of talks in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Rutgers University. McLean gave his...
You’re The Expert with Oscar Schofield
Come join in the fun and laughs with WBUR's You're the Expert, hosted by Chris Duffy, and with special guest Rutgers' oceanographer, Professor Oscar Schofield. When? Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at George Street Playhouse at 7 pm. This is a live show, podcast, and public radio program on 90.9 WBUR,...
RUCOOL Opens doors to A New World Underwater
In Celebration of the 250th anniversary of Rutgers University, Rutgers Today, an online source for news around the university has periodically released articles celebrating Rutgers people and innovations that have changed lives around the world. The following is an article by Ken Branson on the impacts RUCOOL has made world...
Congratulations Jacqueline McSweeney and Greg Seroka
This past week Jacqueline McSweeney and Greg Seroka successfully defended their Ph.D theses: Jacqueline's defense was titled "Sediment Transport Dynamics in Delaware Estuary" Greg's defense was titled "Stratified Coastal Ocean Interactions with Hurricanes and the Sea Breeze in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic" Congratulation again!
Recent research awards to DMCS scientists
Liz Sikes received a three-year grant from NSF-OCE as co-PI with Kat Allen from University of Maine ($105,000 to Rutgers). Title: “Pacific Ocean stratification since the last ice age: New constraints from benthic foraminifera” Tina Dura is the lead PI with Ben Horton as co-PI on a collaborative three-year grant...
Congratulations Naomi Flemming
Congratulations Naomi Fleming on the successful defense of her Ph.D. Thesis, Seasonal and spatial variability in temperature, salinity and circulation of the Middle Atlantic Bight.
Rutgers University Marine Field Station Hosts Open House
The Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) in Tuckerton, NJ, opened its doors to the public on September 17, with an invitation to come explore and learn about current marine science research, as well as the flora and fauna of the local estuary and marsh system of the Great Bay/Mullica...