Rutgers Scientists Help Create World’s Largest Coral Gene Database

‘Genetic toolkit’ will help shed light on which species survive climate change Coral reefs – stunning, critical habitats for an enormous array of prized fish and other species – have survived five major extinction events over the last 250 million years. Now, an international team of scientists led by Rutgers...

Congratulations Class of 2016!

On May 15th, friends and families came to Piscataway to celebrate the graduation ceremony of the Rutgers Class of 2016 where President Obama gave the commencement address. The Department would especially like to congratulate the following graduate students who earned advanced degrees and seniors who earned degrees from the Oceanography/Marine...

Malin Pinsky’s research featured by the Wall Street Journal

Dr. Malin Pinsky's collaborative work on the impacts of the shifting migratory patterns of commercial fisheries on the East Coast fishing industry was highlighted in an article by Heather Haddon this morning in the Wall Street Journal titled "Changing Migration Patterns Upend East Coast Fishing Industry". Read it now at...

May 10 Seminar Dianne Edwards

Come see Dr Dianne Edwards from Cardiff University. Her seminar titled 'Could early land plants have bioengineered the planet?' will be held May 10th at 3:30 in the Alampi Room Bio: Born in Swansea, S Wales. Thence to Cambridge University as undergraduate, post graduate and postdoctoral research fellow at Girton...

SEBS Excellence Awards 2016

Congratulations Jennifer Francis for receiving the 2016 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Research Excellence Award for 2016! The SEBS Research Excellence Award is given annually to a faculty member based on the merits of: Socio-economic significance of his/her research program Compatibility with Rutgers overarching areas of academic opportunity Utilization...