Congratulations to Ben Diaz for successfully defending his PhD! Wahoo! Huge thanks to everyone---especially those in/from my extended lab family and all of the NAAMES-affiliated ‘wondergroups’ who helped to make all of his great research work possible.
Congratulations to Sam Alaimo
Congratulations, to Samantha Alaimo who has been selected to participate in the inaugural NJ Wind Institute Fellowship Program at Rutgers University. As a fellow, she will receive a stipend in the total amount of $30,000 in support of her research assistantship with Travis Miles and Josh Kohut. Sam applied as...
U.S. Embassy Kolonia
As part of our deep and enduring partnership, the U.S. Embassy Kolonia welcomed scientists from Rutgers University who are currently conducting a baseline assessment in support of Green Climate Fund-resilient food security for farming households across the FSM. The United States has contributed one billion dollars to date to the...
Jackie Veatch
While my brothers played with our Nintendo Game Boy, I was tinkering around with my dad’s graphing calculator looking for patterns in how I added and multiplied numbers together… and that’s when I knew that math and science were going to be part of my life. In High School I...
Congratulations to Janice McDonnell and her team for new national 4H challenge promoting Ocean literacy and conservation
About the 2022 4‑H STEM Challenge Designed by Rutgers University, Explorers of the Deep, focuses on the mysteries and adventures of ocean exploration—with robots! Young people learn how to use science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to explore Earth’s Ocean and how it relates to all life on the planet. The...
Celebrating Rutgers Marine Field Station with new Apparel Collection
University Communications and Marketing has introduced a new initiative to showcase points of pride at Rutgers through a limited-edition collection of retail merchandise, only available online and at the University Bookstore. We’re excited that SEBS and NJAES has been selected to kick off the series! The Special Collection for 2022 features...
Congratulations to Liz Sikes!
Congratulations Elisabeth Sikes who has been awarded the Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research (SCAR) Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research! This medal is a recognition of excellence in Antarctic and Southern Ocean research and outstanding service to the international Antarctic community, both of which are critical to advancing SCAR's vision and...
Breaking the Surface
These photos are from filming days at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station, for a new dance film, Breaking the Surface, which will bring attention to climate change and specifically sea level rise in the region. The multidisciplinary film is a collaboration between artists from the Rutgers Mason Gross School of...
Profile of Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski spent much of his research career analyzing the activity of aquatic microorganisms, which captured his interest early in life. As a child, growing up in a New York City Housing Project in Harlem, he received a small fish tank from a family friend, and his father bought...