Enhancing Coastal Bivalve Aquaculture

The Haskin Team led by Dr. Ximing Guo received a major grant from NOAA Sea Grant on “Enhancing Bivalve Aquaculture Through Species Improvement and Diversification” (Co-PIs Daphne Munroe, Lisa Calvo, David Bushek, Mike De Luca). Bivalve aquaculture is one of the most important aquaculture industries in the US and around...

DMCS graduate students representing in D.C.

Three oceanography grad students (Heidi Yeh, Austin Grubb, and Brittany Schieler) spent two days in DC on a trip sponsored by the science policy and advocacy at Rutgers (SPAR) group. They took part in science policy and communication workshops at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They...

Ørsted US Offshore Wind Partners with Rutgers University

Ørsted US Offshore Wind will support academic research activities related to offshore wind at Rutgers University under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today. Under the agreement, Ørsted will make an initial contribution to the university, followed by additional funding contingent upon being granted an OREC application by the New...

The Return of the R/V Arabella

The R/V Arabella returned Monday May 20th to the RUMFS boat basin after being dry-docked for years due to inability to access docks due to siltation. R/V ArabellaRecent dredging over the winter has allowed for dock access with 10ft depths.Boat in Dock Previous Next

Janice McDonnell Featured on NJTV News: Science & Technology

Janice McDonnell and the ENIGMA (Evolution of Nanomachines in Geospheres and Microbial Ancestors) project led by Rutgers scientists, launched another interactive K-8 Family Science Night entitled “Exploring Life on Other Planets”, at the McKinley School in downtown New Brunswick, NJ. The Family Science Night event centered on a relatable curriculum...

Outstanding Senior and Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Winners

We are happy to announce the 2019 winners of the awards as follows: Outstanding Senior Award: Lauren Rodgers Lauren Rodgers is a student in Rutgers’ prestigious Honors Program, the merit-based full scholarship awarded to our top students across all disciplines in the University. She is presently completing her degree in...

SEBS Class of 2019: Joshua Daw, A Great Eye for Detail

Joshua Daw, a Marine Biology major with a minor in Anthropology, is a unique combination of creative and meticulous, traits that are highly valued in painstaking data collection research projects like the one he’s worked on alongside his thesis advisor Daphne Munroe, associate professor at Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL)...

NOAA 2019-2020 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Awards

Kudos to Eleanor Bochenek, Jason Morson and Doug Zemeckis for landing a NOAA Scallop RSA grant! RSA is a unique applied research funding mechanism targeted at resolving industry-driven problems in specific fisheries - see link below for more details. Here is a summary of what they will be tackling: "Can...

DMCS Distinguished Speaker Seminar

DMCS Distinguished Speaker Seminar Dr. Richard A. Feely, Ph.D. NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Senior Scientist Friday, May 3, 11:00 AM Alampi Room, Marine and Coastal Science Cook Campus Title: Ocean Acidification: What is happening now and what are the projections for the future? Dr. Richard Feely is an international...