This spring the University of Rhode Island conducted an internal search for the next director of the Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program. Applications were accepted from March 27 to May 17, 2013. A search committee appointed by Dean Bruce Corliss of URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) has reviewed applications and selected four finalists. These candidates will be reviewed by the University and Sea Grant stakeholder communities who are encouraged to attend public presentations with Q&A of each of the four candidates.

The presentations will be held in GSO’s Corless Auditorium on the URI Narragansett Bay Campus. Please see the following for candidate information, dates, and times of presentations. For those unable to attend the presentation of any candidate, video of the session will posted at the GSO website by noon on the following workday. Candidates CV’s may be found here.

Tuesday, June 4
10-11 a.m.
Dennis Nixon, faculty member in the URI Department of Marine Affairs and URI GSO interim Associate Dean for Research and Administration.  
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Thursday, June 6
10-11 a.m.
Jennifer Specker, URI GSO faculty member, research scientist and Project Director, Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR.  
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Friday, June 7
10-11 a.m.
Stephen Bradley Moran, URI GSO faculty member, research scientist and Program Director, Chemical Oceanography Program, National Science Foundation.
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Monday, June 10
10-11 a.m.
Marta Gomez-Chiarri, URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences faculty member and research scientist.
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Written, confidential comments with regard to any of the candidates should be sent directly to Search Chair Dr. Candace Oviatt at: coviatt@mail.uri.edu.

For directions to GSO and Corless Auditorium please visit: https://web.uri.edu/gso/about-gso/directions