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April 30, 2005
Highlights
- Congratulations to John Dighton! He was awarded the Graduate
Teaching Award for New Brunswick - celebration took place on April
28th at the Zimmerli Art Museum.
- Peter Rona presented the Rutgers film, Volcanoes of the Deep
Sea, to packed audiences at the Cook Center on Earth Day (23 April),
at IMCS on Ag Field Day (30 April), and at a graduate journalism
class (21 April). The film has come to the forefront of the creationist
controversy with a front-page article in the NY Times on 19 March,
"The Bible vs. the Volcano," followed by their editorial
on 28 March recounting how certain theaters in the southern US
have rejected showing the film because it presents the possibility
that life originated at seafloor hydrothermal vents and that the
Earth is six billion years old.
- On May 26 there will be a gathering at the Pinelands Field Station
to honor Don Brickner (MS student Camden/Biology) as recipient
of the Ralph Good Award and the opening of the new Pinelands dormitory.
(For details please see MaryMargaret Halsey, IMCS, room 104J,
ext. 563.)
- The Winter 2005 issue of "CrosSection - The Magazine of
Research Across the Disciplines at the Graduate School - New Brunswick,"
featured the dissertation research of Robert M.Cox on growth and
sexual size dimorphism in lizards. Bob conducted his dissertation
research under the direction of Henry John-Alder, and much of
the experimental work discussed in the article was done with John
Dighton's permission at the Rutgers Pinelands Research Station.
In addition to the feature article, the cover of the magazine
is adorned with Bob's artwork, illustrating a pair of Eastern
Fence Lizards amidst characteristic vegetation of the Pinelands.
- Peter Rona participated as a member of the committee that is
designing a new exhibit at the Liberty Science Center (LSC) on
the Hudson River, Our Hudson Home, at LSC on 22 April. The motivation
is to work with LSC as a showcase for IMCS research on the Hudson
River and the Hudson Canyon.
- On April 1, 2005, Alan Robock completed five years as Editor
of Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, during which time
he personally handled approximately 1500 submitted papers. According
to an article in Science Watch, published by the Institute for
Scientific Information, ("The Greatest Research on Earth,"
Science Watch, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1-2, Nov/Dec 2001), between
1991 and 2001, JGR Atmospheres ranked number 1 as the most
highly cited journal in all of the geoscience literature.
- Lily Young filmed two videos for Rutgers Cooperative Extension
on biotechnology, one aimed at an adult audience and one aimed
at a grade 6 to 9 audience.
- Alan Robock has been honored for two papers by the Web of Science:
- Honored by Web of Science for a Highly Cited Article: "Since
2000, you have had 61 citations to your article, `The Global
Soil Moisture Data Bank.' This means that the number of citations
your article received places it in the top 1% within its field
according to Essential Science Indicators. Your work is highly
influential among your colleagues in your field of study."
- Honored by Web of Science for a Highly Cited Article: "Since
2000, you have had 87 citations to your article, `Volcanic
Eruptions and Climate.' This means that the number of citations
your article received places it in the top 1% within its field
according to Essential Science Indicators. Your work is highly
influential among your colleagues in your field of study."
Meetings Attended
- Sybil Seitzinger attended the semi-annual Bermuda BBSR meeting,
Bermuda on April 28 and 29.
- As ASLO President-elect, Sybil Seitzinger attended the CCSP
(Council of Scientific Society Presidents) meeting, Washington,
D.C. April 30-May 3.
- Tony Broccoli gave an invited seminar entitled "The Response
of the ITCZ to Northern Hemisphere Cooling" at the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution on April 15, 2005.
- Alan Robock gave an invited talk, "Evaluation of Reanalysis
and IPCC Soil Moisture Simulations Using Newly Updated Soil Moisture
Observations from the Ukraine, China, and Illinois" at the
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Université
Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, March 29, 2005.
New Grants
- The Office of Naval Research awarded Scott Glenn $144,059 for
his project "Four-Dimensional Data-Assimilation Development
for Regional Ocean Model System Applications to Cold Pool Variations
off New Jersey." (4/1/05-4/1/06)
- The National Science Foundation awarded Jennifer Francis $256,768
for her project on "Roles of Moist Static Energy Transport
in the Changing Arctic System." (3/15/05-2/29/08)
- Janice McDonnell received a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge
Foundation in the amount of $50,000 for her proposal to "Revise
and Improve the Marine Activities Resources & Education Program
(MARE)." (3/23/05-11/1/05)
- Dale Haidvogel was awarded $259,630 from the National Science
Foundation for his work "Collaborative: US-GLOBEC NEP Phase
IIIa-CCS: Effects of Meso- and Basin-scale Variability on Zooplankton
Populations in the CCS using Data-Assimilative, Physical/Ecosystem
Models." (4/15/05-3/31/08)
- Lisa Totten and D.E. Fennell received $90,000 from the Hudson
River Foundation for their project "Source apportionment
of organic contaminants in the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary." (7/1/2005-8/31/2006)
Publications
- Robock, Alan, 2005: External funding of atmospheric science
programs in the United States: More than the cost of a new professor.
Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 337-339.
- Seidel, Dian, James Angell, Alan Robock, Bruce Hicks, Karin
Labitzke, John Lanzante, Jennifer Logan, Jerry Mahlman, V. Ramaswamy,
Bill Randel, Eugene Rasmusson, Rebecca Ross, and S. Fred Singer,
2005: Jim Angell`s contributions to meteorology: Report from a
symposium honoring him on his 80th birthday. Bull. Amer. Meteorol.
Soc., 86, 403-410.
- Prigent, Catherine, Filipe Aires, William B. Rossow, and Alan
Robock, 2005: Sensitivity of satellite microwave and infrared
observations to soil moisture at a global scale: Relationship
of satellite observations to in situ soil moisture measurements.
J. Geophys. Res., 110, D07110, doi:10.1029/2004JD005087.
Student News
- Shannon Newby presented a talk titled, "The effects of
temperature on the post-settlement transport of juvenile Spisula
solidissima" at the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Williamsburg,
VA (April 6-10).
- Thanks to Shannon Newby for providing and staffing an invertebrate
touch tank for the 4th consecutive year at Ag Field Day (April
30), introducing several children and their parents to NJ invertebrates.
This year she also started the projector for the 11:00, 12:00,
and 1:00 showings of "Volcanoes of the Deep," allowing
approximately 100 Ag Field Day attendees to view the movie. This
is the 7th year Shannon has been involved in IMCS Ag Field Day
activities in some way.
- Tricia Ramey presented a poster titled, "Spatial and temporal
population dynamics of a dominant macrofaunal organism (Polygordius
sp.) in sandy sediments on the continental shelf" at
the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Williamsburg, VA (April 6-10).
Congratulations
 Gretchen
and Matt Young are the proud parents of baby girl, Laura Kathryn,
born Tuesday, May 3, 2005. Laura Kathryn weighed 7 lbs. 13oz.,
and measured 21 inches long.
 Gregg
and Clarissa Sakowicz welcome Summer Bailey Sakowicz, their new
baby girl, born on May 3, 2005 at 4:39am.
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