Rutgers has been participating in the National Science Foundation’s Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project at Palmer Station Antarctica for over 30 years. During the fall of 2021, graduate students Quintin Diou-Cass and Joe Gradone joined UConn Postdoc Jessie Turner on the R/V Nathaniel Palmer to head to the West Antarctic...
Congratulations to Dr. Schuyler Nardelli for successfully defending her dissertation
Congratulations to Dr. Schuyler Nardelli on defending her PhD thesis entitled "Seasonal dynamics of plankton ecology in coastal Antarctica." Schuyler will be moving on to a Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship at NOAA IOOS focused on marine policy. Through the fellowship, Schuyler hopes to step outside her comfort zone. "I am...
New Event from Rutgers DEI Committee
The DMCS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee is hosting a panel discussion on experiences of underrepresented minorities in education and academia. This event invites Rutgers faculty who specialize in ethnic studies to provide context and insight into the relationship between identity and higher education while also reflecting on their own...
EXCTING SCIENCE findings by the Rutgers Astrobiology Team
EXCTING SCIENCE findings by the Rutgers Astrobiology Team. Life is a special, very complex form of motion of matter, but this form did not always exist, and it is not separated from inorganic nature by an impassable abyss; rather, it arose from inorganic nature as a new property in the process...
Uncrewed Ocean Gliders and Saildrones Support Hurricane Forecasting and Research
Travis Miles (lead author) and Scott Glenn partnered with dozens of other scientist on this paper that provides a broad overview of the ongoing US hurricane glider project and details of a new effort with the Saildrone USV during the 2021 hurricane season. While this article focuses on the US...
Congratulations to Dr. Liza Wright-Fairbanks for successfully defending her dissertation
Congratulations to Dr. Liza Wright-Fairbanks @lizawf for successfully defending her dissertation, "Observing seasonal cycles, drivers, and potential biological impacts of ocean acidification in the Mid-Atlantic Bight"!! She also presented in a hybrid format to a 25-person audience in the Alampi Room and to over 60 people on Zoom! Dr. Wright-Fairbanks...
Join Rutgers oceanographer Oscar Schofield as he chats with researchers aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer as they study the marine ecosystems of the West Antarctic Peninsula
Join Rutgers oceanographer Oscar Schofield as he chats with researchers aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer as they study the marine ecosystems of the West Antarctic Peninsula. Learn how the West Antarctic Peninsula has changed over the past several decades and how these changes affect life at every level of the...
Science storytelling as community engagement
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Departments of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Plant Biology, along with the Rutgers Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)—a part of the New Jersey Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health—are launching a unique “Science Storytelling as Community Engagement” initiative. The intent is to increase understanding and dialogue between Rutgers scientists and the broader community. Distinguished professor Oscar Schofield, chair of...
Let the summer research begin… In Antarctica!
As we approach the winter solstice here in NJ, a team of RUCOOL graduate students have arrived in Antarctica for their summer research funded by the National Science Foundation’s LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) program. Joe Gradone and Quintin Diou-Cass are on the R/V Nathanial B Palmer which is just off...
SubUAS conducts Naviator demonstration at Tuckerton Marine Field Station
The Naviator is an air-water hybrid UxS platform capable of swimming underwater, flying in the air, and seamlessly transitioning between these mediums.