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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Lewis Rothstein URI Graduate School of Oceanography Professor; physical oceanography Rhode Island STAC awards 2014 STAC grant: The Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on the Biogeochemistry and Ecology of RI’s Coastal Waters — Regional Climate Modeling. Since the 1950’s, Narragansett Bay has been the site of two long-term marine monitoring studies. This team brought […]
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Tatiana Rynearson URI Graduate School of Oceanography Associate professor, oceanography Rhode Island STAC awards 2012 STAC grant: Understanding Coastal Environmental Change, Past, Present and Future: A Novel Approach Combining Algal Physiology, Genetics and Lipid Biomarkers. The project studied an important class of organic biomarker produced by algae that are thought to record past sea surface […]
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Paul White CCRI Warwick campus Associate professor; oceanography, geology Duayne Rieger CCRI Newport campus Assistant professor; oceanography, geology, physics Hannah O’Connor CCRI Newport campus Oceanography honors project student RI EPSCoR funds help develop oceanography course at CCRI Paul White teaches an introductory oceanography course and lab at Community College of Rhode Island, the largest public, two-year, […]
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Dale Leavitt Roger Williams University Associate professor; marine biology SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC awards 2012 STAC grant: New Tools and Mechanisms to Combat Aquaculture Diseases. The overall goal of the project was to develop new tools to promote animal health in aquaculture by building on recent discoveries of marine bacteria that demonstrate impressive protective […]
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Jennifer Bissonnette Rhode Island School of Design Biological programs designer, The Nature Lab SURF program mentor With an undergraduate degree in biology, a Ph.D. in marine science, and a passion for art, Jennifer Bissonnette embodies what Rhode Island School of Design brings to the Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR table — the marriage of scientific investigation […]
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