Douglas C. Webb, founder of Teledyne Webb Research, has been appointed as Oceanographer Emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, effective January 1, 2021. This peer appointed honorary position has been bestowed upon Doug Webb in recognition of his contributions to WHOI and to oceanographic science and engineering world-over. Doug...
Challenger Glider Mission Receives Award from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation
Faculty, Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield, and Travis Miles with The Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL), were recently awarded a $150,000 gift from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation for the continuing support of the global Challenger Glider Mission. The gift will support oceanographic research, capacity building, and education...
Summer Openings for Glider Technology Camp
This August, RUCOOL will host a week-long, hands-on experience using underwater glider technologies. Participants will be introduced to the underwater robots while gaining hands on experience prepping, ballasting, deploying and piloting. This is an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students with little to no experience using this equipment as part of...
RIOS Undergraduate Research Positions Available for Summer 2021
Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS) is an undergraduate research program that will introduce you to an active and collaborative ocean research environment. With support from the National Science Foundation, you will conduct ocean research over a paid, 10-week summer internship offered by the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences...
The Future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean that surrounds it
Assistant Professor Grace Saba was one of several collaborative experts that published this comprehensive assessment of the status quo and future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean that surrounds it. See the press release from Alfred Wegener Institute (here) and the paper now published in Biological Reviews: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12679. The decade...
Congratulations to Sarah Murphy and Cliff Watkins!
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.