This past week Jacqueline McSweeney and Greg Seroka successfully defended their Ph.D theses: Jacqueline's defense was titled "Sediment Transport Dynamics in Delaware Estuary" Greg's defense was titled "Stratified Coastal Ocean Interactions with Hurricanes and the Sea Breeze in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic" Congratulation again!
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Recent research awards to DMCS scientists
Liz Sikes received a three-year grant from NSF-OCE as co-PI with Kat Allen from University of Maine ($105,000 to Rutgers). Title: “Pacific Ocean stratification since the last ice age: New constraints from benthic foraminifera” Tina Dura is the lead PI with Ben Horton as co-PI on a collaborative three-year grant...
Congratulations Naomi Flemming
Congratulations Naomi Fleming on the successful defense of her Ph.D. Thesis, Seasonal and spatial variability in temperature, salinity and circulation of the Middle Atlantic Bight.
Rutgers University Marine Field Station Hosts Open House
The Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) in Tuckerton, NJ, opened its doors to the public on September 17, with an invitation to come explore and learn about current marine science research, as well as the flora and fauna of the local estuary and marsh system of the Great Bay/Mullica...
A white polka dot coral reef
The last two summers in Hawaii were hot, hot, hot. Our temperature loggers in the water reached temperatures of over 32˚C (over 90˚F!) on the reef crest. Many of the corals we study were clearly stressed and bleached - they lost their algal symbionts which usually give them a golden...
Rachel Gula
I grew up in a small town in the Chaparral just east of San Diego, exploring places like the tide pools, Torrey Pines State Park (lovely ocean vistas and beaches), and SeaWorld. Though interested in marine science, I headed towards medical school during my three years at Houghton College in...
Rutgers 250: NJAES All-Star Variety of the Month – ‘Triploid’ Oyster
The oyster breeding program at Rutgers University has conducted over a century of cutting-edge scientific research to overcome challenges to the industry from the devastating effects of over-fishing, diseases, and climate change. Professor Ximing Guo explains his research and vision. Throughout Rutgers’ yearlong celebration of its 250th anniversary (November 2015...
Unique Science Investigations Workshop Connects Polar Scientists with Teachers and Students
The best way to teach science is hands on, right? That’s the conventional way, but the polar regions and the obstacle of over 9,000 miles between cutting-edge polar science and the scientists, teachers and students who could benefit from this interaction demand another way. In June, Rutgers University departments of...
Oscar Schofield Promoted to Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Oscar Schofield for being promoted to Distinguished Professor!
The 2016 RIOS interns have arrived!
Earlier in June we welcomed this year’s participants in the Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS) program. RIOS is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, in which students participate in a ten-week internship in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS). Students from...