Scott Glenn, an acclaimed researcher and world leader in understanding ocean basin scale circulation, has been named Board of Governors Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences. Dr. Glenn’s revolutionary work on the predictability of ocean physics underscores his many awards, including the Oceanography Award by the International Society for Underwater...
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Congratulations to Robert Chant for receiving a research award from the National Science Foundation
Congratulations to Robert Chant who with partners from the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and the University of Maine have recently been notified of a research award from the National Science Foundation. Project summary: Processes that determine the density and structure of coastal buoyancy-driven flows that feed into the larger...
Rutgers Detects Meteotsunami
Rutgers scientists observed the ocean and atmospheric response to a derecho that passed through NJ and caused severe damage in several towns. A Rutgers meteorological tower in Tuckerton NJ recorded a peak wind gust of 54 mph alongside a 21-degree temperature drop in only 15 minutes. The HF-Radar station at...
Congratulations to Michael Brown for his successful PhD defense
Congratulations to Michael Brown for his successful PhD defense. His thesis was focused on the “Drivers of phytoplankton dynamics, and corresponding impacts on biogeochemistry, along the West Antarctic Peninsula”. His thesis examined how the physics drives the phytoplankton dynamics and the consequences on the biogeochemistry. Congrats to Mike for an excellent piece of...
Congratulations to Marine Science Graduate Students
Congratulations to several of Marine Science Graduate Students who received well-deserved news of several awards. The Department is very proud of our graduate students and value the important work they do! Congratulations to: Heidi Yeh was just awarded $5,000 from Sea Grant to study "Interactive Influences of Dermo Disease and the Microbiome...
Senior Story: The Ocean, a Superstorm, and One Honor Student’s Trajectory – Hailey Conrad (SEBS 2020)
The Jersey Shore is endeared in our minds as a mystical convergence of beach, ocean, boardwalk and amusements—punctuated with sounds of seagulls and crashing waves—and seasoned with smells of salty air and clams. Growing up at the beach provides a year-round, behind-the-scenes perspective of the Shore that summer visitors rarely...
Congratulations to Hailey Conrad 2020’s Outstanding Senior in Marine Science
Hailey Conrad is a member of the Rutgers Honors College. She began doing research her freshman year with DMCS by volunteering in the OOI Hydrothermal Vent Lab where she reconstructed time lapse video of hydrothermal vents and analyzed periodic trends in vent community characteristics. She continued doing research with DMCS...
Sarah Borsetti awarded NJSWEP Scholarship
Sarah Borsetti, a PhD candidate at the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, was selected to receive the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Women Environmental Professionals (NJSWEP) Graduate Student Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship Program is to encourage women to pursue careers in an environmental field while providing...
Vince Clementi named a 2020 recipient of Evolving Earth Foundation Graduate Research Grant
Vince Clementi was named a 2020 recipient of Evolving Earth Foundation Graduate Research Grant to aid his research on the role methane clathrates have played in abrupt climate change. The Evolving Earth Foundation provides grants of $3,000 to graduate students who are conducting research on topics that increase our understanding...