It's not every week that two students on your team complete a grad student thesis defense, but that's what happened this week at RUCOOL. On December 14, Sarah Murphy presented her Master's Thesis defense entitled "Coastal Upwelling and the Offshore Wind Environment". On December 16th, Cliff Watkins wrapped up his...
Janine Barr
My name is Janine Barr and I am a second year graduate student pursuing a Master’s in Oceanography with Dr. Daphne Munroe as my advisor. I am based at the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab (HSRL) and I study the ecosystem services provided by oyster aquaculture in the Delaware Bay region....
ECO-PAM project documentary featured at AGU
The full documentary is available on YouTube here.
Congratulations to Vince Clementi
Congratulations to Vince Clementi who was invited to sail on Expedition 396 of the International Ocean Discovery Program aimed to study “Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism” and its effects on Eocene climate. Vince will participate as an inorganic geochemist on the 2 months expedition starting in Iceland and ending Norway. Personally I look...
Congratulations to John Wiedenmann
Congratulations to John Wiedenmann for being selected to receive the CINAR Fellowship in Quantitative Fisheries and Ecosystem Science. Please see attached memo for additional information.
Rutgers Giving Day 2021
Hi, Department Chairs and Center Directors. Rutgers Giving Day will be Wednesday, March 24, 2021 and applications to participate are due on December 11. Rutgers Giving Day is an online 24 hour fundraising campaign that is driven by social media and email. A department or center with an existing gift...
Autonomous Minisubmarine Measures Seawater Conditions
Since the Industrial Revolution began in the mid-18th century, Earth’s oceans have absorbed about one third of the carbon dioxide emitted through human activities. The ensuing roughly 30% increase in ocean acidity has reduced the amount of carbonate available for calcifying organisms such as corals and oysters to construct their...
Congratulations to Silke Severmann for receiving the Team Excellence Award
In March 2020, the COVID-19 crisis forced Rutgers University to shift spring 2020 courses, in a mere instant, to remote instruction. During the summer of 2020, Rutgers engaged in an intense effort of planning for a fall semester of remote instruction. Each school was tasked with providing technological and pedagogical...
Congratulations to the Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassador Team
The Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassador Program was established in 2009 by a team of faculty and staff from multiple SEBS/NJAES departments and units. Since then, this dedicated team has learned how to utilize the strengths and resources of each member to best serve traditionally underserved urban youth throughout the state...
Congratulations to Yair Rosenthal on his 2020 Research Excellence Award
Yair Rosenthal is a globally recognized leader focused on exploring and studying the composition/structure of Earth's ocean basins. His overarching research has documented past changes in Earth climate change helping us to understand the mechanisms that underlie the observed changes. He has been a leader in understanding the importance of...