RI NSF EPSCoR’s Rhode Island Inclusive Network for Excellence in Science and Technology (RII-NEST) E-CORE project is excited to announce its inaugural Call for Projects for the Summer 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships program, with a focused theme on the Blue Economy. This program, part of a statewide NSF EPSCoR-funded initiative, aims to engage undergraduate […]
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RI C-AIM researchers invite submissions for data visualization journal
Inspired by their experience as participants in the Vis-a-Thon program supported through RI C-AIM and RISD’s Nature Lab, RI C-AIM postdoctoral fellows Dr. Tricia Thibodeau and Dr. Jongsun Kim were invited to serve as guest editors for JoVE and organize a Methods Collection titled, “Data Visualization in Marine Science”. JoVE is the leading peer-reviewed scientific […]
Continue reading "RI C-AIM researchers invite submissions for data visualization journal"2022 STAC Collaborative Research Grant Awardees
Five interdisciplinary research teams were selected to receive funding, totaling $399,239, from the Science & Technology Advisory Council (STAC) this year: Recipients Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics to Profile Microbial Activity as a Determinant of Methane Production in Narragansett Bay Sediment ($80,000) Dr. Peter Belenky, Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology – Brown University PI Dr. […]
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As part of its Collaborative Research Grant Program, the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council has funded five interdisciplinary research teams of investigators from institutions across Rhode Island totaling $399,299. The program supports RI NSF EPSCoR/RI C-AIM’s objectives to assess, model, and develop innovative technologies for addressing the impacts of climate variability around Narragansett […]
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Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Patricia Thibodeau RI C-AIM Postdoctoral Fellow URI Graduate School of Oceanography Presentation Title: Riding a wave of variability through the Narragansett Bay Plankton Time Series I am a plankton ecologist focused on the effects of rapid climate change on phytoplankton and zooplankton populations and physiology. The major pillars of my research explore […]
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Joseph M. DeSimone is the Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine and Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. Previously, DeSimone was a faculty member at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. He is also Co-founder, Board Chair, and former CEO (2014 – 2019) of the additive manufacturing company, Carbon.
Continue reading "2021 RI C-AIM Research Symposium: Keynote Address"Apply for the 2021 RI C-AIM Vis-a-Thon!
The 2021 RI C-AIM Vis-a-Thon, in collaboration with the Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at RISD, is an arts-based program designed to reimagine visualization as an evolving process of inquiry, indivisible from research itself.
Continue reading "Apply for the 2021 RI C-AIM Vis-a-Thon!"Getting to Know: Dr. Jongsun Kim & Amer Charbaji
Dr. Jongsun Kim Postdoctoral researcher with Drs. David Ullman & Lew Rothstein, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI HOWDY! I’m a coastal system modeler interested in physical and biogeochemical interactions in the coastal water ecosystem. I’m also a chemical oceanographer who works in marine and freshwater ecosystems. My work is centered around the interface of biogeochemical […]
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Dr. Arin Nelson, postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Baylor Fox-Kemper (Brown) & Dr. Lew Rothstein (URI) Greetings! I am constructing a forecast system for Narragansett Bay utilizing computer models and real-world observations developed by my peers in the RI C-AIM community. My academic interests lay in the patterns of motions of things. These interests led me […]
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RI C-AIM student investigators Juwaan Douglas-Jenkins and Sonia Refulio-Coronado highlight their research on biofilm formation and environmental conservation, respectively.
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