Serena Moseman-Valtierra University of Rhode Island Assistant professor; biological sciences SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC award 2012 STAC grant: Revealing Active Responses of the Ocean State’s Marshes to Climate Change with Biogeochemistry & Environmental Genomics. The project studied if changing environmental conditions due to human activities are changing the ability of salt marshes to […]
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Success stories: The transformative impact of RI EPSCoR
“For states like Rhode Island, the EPSCoR funding helps to level the playing field. Our research productivity and student success stories are indications that we’re doing the right things.” Breea Govenar Rhode Island College Associate professor; biology Center for Research and Creative Activity (CRCA) director RI NSF EPSCoR partner liaison SURF program mentor Rhode Island […]
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“The goal here is to predict what will happen in the future so we can be ready for what comes.” Baylor Fox-Kemper Brown University Assistant professor; earth, environmental and planetary sciences Baylor Fox-Kemper arrived at Brown University three years ago with his research focus on ocean turbulence, or, more simply, how things get mixed and […]
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Rebecca Robinson URI Graduate School of Oceanography Associate professor; oceanography Rhode Island STAC award 2015 STAC grant: Diatom Community Composition as an Indicator of Coastal Ecosystem Change. This project brings together four scientists from different fields to explore coastal biogeochemical responses to climate change and develop new assessment tools for monitoring ecological change. Collaborators: Rebecca […]
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Carol Thornber University of Rhode Island Associate professor; marine population and community ecology, algal ecology RI NSF EPSCoR lead principal investigator SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC awards 2008 STAC grant: Understanding and Better Management of “Green Tide” in Narragansett Bay, RI. Macroscopic green algae play an important ecological role in Narragansett Bay, offering habitat […]
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Roxanna Smolowitz Roger Williams University Assistant professor; biology, marine biology Director, Aquatic Diagnostic Laboratory SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC awards 2012 STAC grant: New Tools and Mechanisms to Combat Aquaculture Diseases. The project sought to develop new tools to promote animal health in aquaculture by building on recent discoveries of marine bacteria that demonstrate impressive […]
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David Rand Brown University | Professor; biology Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology RI NSF EPSCoR partner liaison RI NSF EPSCoR graduate student coordinator Before Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR, there was a group of individuals who envisioned what might be possible in the Ocean State with collaboration among scientists […]
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Sunshine Menezes Executive director Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting Rhode Island STAC award 2014 STAC grant: Data Narratives — Climate Change in Narragansett Bay as a Case Study for Engaging Communication of Scientific Information. This team’s efforts focus on gaps in data collection and its dissemination to scientists, decision makers and the public. […]
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Jack Costello Providence College Professor; biology SURF program mentor When we last checked in with Jack Costello two years ago, he had just published research findings on propulsion as part of a collaborative team. Investigating how to incorporate the benefit of flexibility to enhance propulsion, the scientists studied a cross-section of animals moving at their steady state, […]
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Rebeka Rand Merson Rhode Island College Associate professor; biology SURF program mentor Past RI EPSCoR research team leader Rhode Island STAC award 2015 STAC grant: Narragansett Bay Apex Predators’ Response to Toxic Chemicals and Climate Change. Working in partnership with the federal Environmental Protection Agency, a research scientist with expertise in shark biology and molecular […]
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