Kyle Barreiro, a senior in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), will graduate this May with a degree in Environmental Sciences. He knew right away that this was the major he wanted to pursue. He found himself “both challenged and inspired by coursework that explores the complexity of our environment and its processes.” […]
New Workshop Series Helps SEBS & NJAES Faculty Expand their Research Vision
Faculty from SEBS and NJAES gathered on Rutgers’ Cook Campus in January to kick off a dialogue that the SEBS Office of Research hopes will lead to an increase in the high-quality, cross-disciplinary research at Rutgers that often significantly impacts the state and our society, at large. The in-person event was the kickoff of the […]
Distinguished Professor George Carman Honored as ‘Crucial Gatekeeper’ of Lipid Metabolism
George Carman, Board of Governors Professor of Food Science, Distinguished Professor and founding director of the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, first met Herbert Tabor at an American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting in 1992. When Carman became an associate editor with the Journal of […]
Scientists Develop New Catalyst That Turns Polluted Water Into Valuable Ammonia
Ammonia is essential for making fertilizers that help feed the world, but producing it typically requires massive amounts of energy and releases significant greenhouse gases. Now, researchers have found a promising new way to create ammonia while simultaneously cleaning polluted water. Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa, affiliate of the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute, and professor in the […]
DMCS Faculty Corday Selden Honored with Oceanography Society Early Career Award
Corday Selden, assistant professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, has been selected to receive The Oceanography Society (TOS) Early Career Award. The honor recognizes outstanding early-career research contributions, leadership in ocean sciences, and exceptional promise for future impact in oceanography. Selden will be recognized at the TOS Honors […]
Marian Hollenbeck SEBS’26 Earns Fred Winter Memorial Award for Excellence in Horticulture
Marian Hollenbeck, a senior in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), has been named a recipient of the 2026 Fred Winter Memorial Award for Excellence in Horticulture, presented by the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA). The $3,000 scholarship will be awarded at the organization’s annual meeting in April. A plant science major […]
The Next Generation of Ocean Explorers Chart 2026 Expedition
Long before leaving port, Rutgers oceanographers Joe Gradone and Corday Selden are focused on packing crates of sensors, autonomous underwater gliders and instruments—some “as delicate as a potato chip”—for a mission to probe one of the ocean’s most elusive processes. In August 2026, the pair will lead a 28-day expedition aboard the state-of-the-art R/V Falkor […]
Marine Geoscientists Link Warming with Ancient Ocean ‘Salty Blob’
In a groundbreaking study of ancient ocean geochemistry, a Rutgers researcher and a former Rutgers graduate student have found evidence that the end of the latest ice age some 18,000 years ago, a period of rapid planetary warming, coincided with the emergence of salty water that had been trapped in the deep ocean. The findings, published […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Leads Drafting of New Food Donation Guidelines to Reduce Waste
Rutgers Cooperative Extension has co-authored new statewide guidelines aimed at clearing up confusion over what food can be safely and legally donated, a move expected to divert millions of meals from landfills to people in need. The New Jersey Food Donation Guidelines, published online this fall, were developed by Rutgers and the Meal Recovery Coalition, […]
New Partnership Will Revitalize Ocean Research Off the Jersey Shore
Rutgers University and Stockton University have joined forces with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and marine technology company Ocean Power Technologies Inc. to restart and modernize a historic ocean research program off the Jersey Shore, marking a major investment in coastal science, workforce development, and marine innovation. The partnership will revive the Long-Term Ecosystem […]
