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Early Career Scientist Wins $50,000 Sloan Foundation Fellowship

March 5, 2014 by
Malin Pinsky

Malin Pinsky

Malin Pinsky, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, was awarded a $50,000 Sloan Foundation fellowship. Pinsky is one of two Rutgers assistant professors and among 126 recipients of Sloan Foundation fellowships awarded to early career scientists and scholars who do research in eight scientific and technical fields, including ocean sciences. Pinsky is also affiliated with the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and is studying how changing climates affect coastal marine species and how that, in turn, affects human society.

“An award like this is a wonderful gift to someone early in their career like me,” said Pinsky. “It comes with essentially no strings attached, so it gives me the freedom to explore riskier research ideas outside what a traditional funding agency is likely to support,” he added. Read more in this Rutgers Today story.

Filed Under: Faculty, Grants, Research, SEBS

State Climatologist at Rutgers University Awarded Nearly $50,000 in Emergency Management Subgrants

August 13, 2013 by

The Office of the State Climatologist at Rutgers University received an Emergency Management Open Initiative (EMOI) subgrant for nearly $50,000, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) announced on Monday…The State Climatologist at Rutgers received $49,998 to maintain New Jersey Weather Net Station it operates. The grant money is dedicated to helping ensure hardware and software stability; improve data accuracy; improve a weather ready web portal; conduct training; and the ability to provide continued support during adverse weather conditions, according to NJOEM.

Read the entire article at NewBrunswick.Patch.com »

Filed Under: Environment/Natural Resources, Grants, In the News, SEBS

The Heat is On: Climate Change and New Jersey

June 27, 2013 by

The New Jersey Climate Adaption Alliance has received $400,000 from the Kresge Foundation to help New Jersey adapt to climate change. Read what’s in store for New Jersey as we face rising seas and temperatures.

Filed Under: Community, Environment/Natural Resources, Grants, SEBS

Antarctic Science Documentary Includes Students’ Energy and Perspectives

June 7, 2013 by

An unusual Rutgers University program that involves undergraduates in making documentary films about science has released a three-minute trailer for a project that was filmed in the ice and beneath the frigid waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. The film project was supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The Rutgers Film Bureau, the university’s professional documentary office within the university’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, recently released the trailer for the planned feature-length, non-fiction narrative.

Read the entire article at InfoZine.com »

Filed Under: Environment/Natural Resources, Grants, In the News, SEBS

Rutgers Leads Multi-Million USDA Grant to Fight Stink Bugs

March 6, 2013 by

Anne Nielsen (Photo courtesy of Jeff Heckman)

The brown marmorated stink bug is a highly invasive pest that has caused significant agricultural losses in the Mid-Atlantic states and is spreading to Southern and Mid-Western states as well, since its discovery in the U.S. in the mid-1990s. Native to Japan, China, and Korea, this pest has caused significant damage in its adopted homeland in a diverse range of crops such as tomatoes, peaches, apples, pears and soybeans. It’s been known to feed and reproduce on several other crops, including wheat, eggplant and melons, adding to the list of agricultural commodities potentially affected by this pest.

The stink bug is highly mobile and feeds on diverse crops, which makes it especially challenging for organic farmers, requiring whole-farm management to implement effective organic controls.

To this end, Anne Nielsen, assistant extension specialist in the Department of Entomology at Rutgers, has been awarded $2,672,327 by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support a multi-regional and transdisciplinary effort to develop and disseminate whole-farm organic management of this pest.

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Filed Under: Commercial Agriculture, Extension, Faculty, Grants, NJAES, Research
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