The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) recently announced the award of funding for studies to provide enhanced scientific information on the impacts of offshore wind energy development off New Jersey’s coastline as well as the state’s entry into a regional...
SEBS Faculty Win Rutgers Global Grants
Seven SEBS faculty representing a broad range of majors and programs at the school were awarded 2022 Rutgers Global Grants, annual seed grants open to all Rutgers faculty, including tenured, tenure-track, clinical, and non-tenure track faculty.. These grants help to support a strong core of SEBS faculty who are dedicated...
Hailey Riechelson
My interest is science began with a great high school biology teacher and I found my way to marine science a few years later. For my undergrad, I completed joint B.A.s with the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Columbia University. I was politically active on campus and was introduced...
Going Out to Sea with the Rutgers Geology Museum!
PUFINS, or “Paleo Unsaturated-alkenone Fluxes In Northwest-Sediments,” is a research collaboration between the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington and the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University. Led by Primary Investigator, Dr. Julian Sachs, and Chief Scientist, Dr. Liz Sikes, a team of international scientists...
Congratulations to Hailey
Congratulations to Hailey Riechelson who was one of the two graduate student chosen to receive the 2022 Scholarship for a Graduate Student from the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Women Environmental Professionals (NJSWEP).
Austin selected to the Class of 2023 Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program
Austin has been selected for the Governor’s Excellent Award as part of his inclusion as an Eagleton Graduate Fellow. This is AWESOME achievement and one that aligns with his interest in science policy. As his co-advisors, Kim and Kay are thrilled that he gets to participate and learn in this...
Travis Miles Interviewed by AccuWeather Regarding Glider Use in Hurricane Intensity Forecasts
Dr. Travis Miles was interviewed by AccuWeather yesterday discussing the uses of Rutgers underwater Slocum gliders towards forecasting hurricane intensities at landfall. The coastal ocean temperatures play an enormous role in the intensification of deintensification of tropical cyclones as they approach our coasts. Gliders acquire data from the ocean surface...
Marine Sciences on Rutgers Day
The last Saturday was Rutgers Day, and we are all thankful to our graduate students who did an EXCELLENT job representing as community ambassadors! We thank the full cohort who helped which includes Chris Johns, Quintin Diou-Cass, Samantha Alaimo, Jackie Veatch, Bridget Ovall, Lois Anderson, Joe Gradone, Hailey Riechelson, Michael...
Let’s celebrate our undergrads today!
Diane Adams Award for Undergraduate Research: Evyatar “Avi” Kanik Avi is majoring in Animal Biotechnology with a minor in Marine Sciences and Biochemistry. He has conducted research in George Pieczenik’s lab (Biochemistry) on the subject of color constancy and the land color effect - I encourage you to ask him...