In the third quarter of FY 2025, GSO received $14.6 million in research funding. GSO researchers also submitted and/or participated in more than $29.6 million in proposals during this quarter. This table shows individual new awards made to GSO in Q3:

Speaker Iury Simoes-Sousa, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Big Ocean, Big Data: The Interplay of Multi-Scale Dynamics and Local Impacts Abstract We are at a pivotal moment in history where climate change is no longer a distant forecast but a present reality. Scientific efforts to understand and mitigate its effects broadly follow two […]

Speaker Kelsey Doiron, Ph.D., NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University New Perspectives in the Application of Alkenones as Paleoenvironmental Proxies in Marine and Lacustrine Setting Abstract Alkenones are a biomarker widely used in paleoceanography as proxies for reconstructing sea surface temperatures (UK37’) and pCO₂ levels, offering valuable insights into Cenozoic climate change through marine […]

Speaker Jordan Wostbrock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Yale University Reconstructing paleoenvironments using triple oxygen isotope values Abstract The increase of d18O values in the rock record (where older samples have lower d18O values than modern) has been attributed to changing ocean temperature, an increase in the d18O value of the ocean water, or diagenesis obscuring paleoenvironmental […]

Speaker Wenxiu Teng, Ph.D. Candidate, UMass-Amherst Assessing Marine-Sourced Sediment Supply and Its Influence on Salt Marsh Resilience to Sea Level Rise Using Satellite Observations Abstract Suspended sediment delivery is a key driver in the formation and maintenance of muddy coastal landscapes such as river deltas, mudflats, and tidal wetlands. While the critical role of riverine […]

Speaker Shuwen Tan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UConn Three-Dimensional Shoaling and Breaking of Internal Waves and Future Oceanic Implications in the Internal Surf Zone Abstract The internal surf zone, characterized by internal waves confined by water depth, exhibits dynamics analogous to the surf zone of surface gravity waves, where the waves release most of their energy […]

Speaker: Gregory Gerbi, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. of Oceanography, Univ. of Maine “Kinematics of transport into and out of Delaware Bay” Abstract: This study of Delaware Bay, USA, uses a numerical particle tracking model to examine the exchange of material between the bay and adjacent continental shelf on seasonal timescales. Vertically averaged, near-bottom, and near-surface transport […]

Speaker James Dottin III, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Brown University Hydrogen Isotopic Evidence for a Core Component in Baffin Island Lavas Abstract The nature of chemical exchange between Earth’s core and mantle is fundamental to understanding their evolution. Tungsten-182 and helium-3 anomalies in volcanic rocks from deeply sourced mantle plumes have been attributed to core-mantle exchange. […]

Speaker Ethan Baxter, Ph.D., Associate Dean for the STEM Disciplines and Professor, Boston College YouTube Channel — “Every Rock Has a Story” The Story of Garnet: Tectonics, Water, and Time Abstract Garnet is a common mineral in many metamorphic rocks that dazzles with its colors and crystals. It also grows over a wide range of […]