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Jessica Hinckley receives a 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) award

Posted on April 21, 2017April 25, 2017 by Schuler, Debra

Sophomore marine sciences student Jessica Hinckley is the recipient of a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) where she will be working on a pioneering carbon dioxide time series in Long Island Sound with Prof Penny Vlahos. Jessica will be investigating trends and responses of dissolved carbon dioxide and oxygen under various temperature and wind conditions.

Image credit Julia Kendzierski.

Marine Sciences student Matthew Lacerra outstanding CLAS student 2017

Posted on April 20, 2017March 19, 2019 by Schuler, Debra

Marine Sciences student Matthew Lacerra was featured by CLAS as one of their outstanding students graduating in 2017.

Image credit James Harrington.

Sophomore receives Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) award

Mystic Aquarium Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Posted on March 6, 2017 by

Marine Science undergraduates can apply for the Mystic Aquarium Research Experience for Undergraduates, a program designed to promote independent research with real world application.

More info can be found here: http://www.mysticaquarium.org/reu/.

Uconn Student is Outstanding Student Paper Award Recipient

Posted on February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 by

Danielle Boshers, a graduate student with Julie Granger, received an Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA) for her talk at the American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting. OSPAs are awarded to promote, recognize, and reward the top 3-5% of student presenters for quality research in the geophysical sciences. The topic of her presentation was Oxygen Isotope Composition of Nitrate Produced by Freshwater Nitrification.

Link to the OSPA winner circle: https://membership.agu.org/ospawinner/danielle-boshers/

Uconn Researcher Work Featured in BBC Article

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

Sofi Jonsson’s paper about how terrestrial discharges of organic matter increase the accumulation of methylmercury in estuary environments was featured in a BBC article.

CUSH 2016 Annual Meeting

Posted on December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 by

MARN 4001 students attended the annual meeting of the local group Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH), presenting posters on their findings on the ecosystem of Wequetequock Cove.

You can find their posters here.

Professor Hans Dam becomes Sustaining Fellow of Prestigious Aquatic Science Association

Posted on December 7, 2016December 11, 2019 by Schuler, Debra

Prof. Dam was elected a 2016 Sustaining Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLSO), the premier world association for aquatic scientists. ASLO Sustaining Fellows are recognized as having sustained excellence in their contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences.

http://aslo.org/announce/fellows2016.html

SERDP 2016 Project-of-the-Year Award goes to two MSD faculty

Posted on December 5, 2016October 7, 2024 by

Craig Tobias and Penny Vlahos win the SERDP 2016 Project-of-the-Year award for their work in studying the impact of munitions compounds in marine and estuarine ecosystems.

Read more about the project and the award here: https://serdp-estcp.mil/newsitems/details/6487c07b-cee0-498d-9d2e-9496344d6327

Tristan Kading receives award for Poster Presentation

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Schuler, Debra

With a record number of students in attendance at the 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms in Portland, OR, Tristan Kading was awarded second place for the Top Student Poster Presentation at the conference. Congratulations Tristan!

Cryptophyte farming by symbiotic ciliate host detected in situ

Posted on November 7, 2016November 8, 2016 by

New research by MSD faculty.

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