Max Häggblom, Distinguished Professor and chair of Biochemistry and Microbiology, was invited as the Kerala Erudite Scholar-in-Residence in the Spring under a program sponsored by the Kerala State Higher Education Council, India. His visit was coordinated and hosted by Prof. Salom Gnana Thanga V. in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Kerala. […]
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2023 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Laura Lawson
Good morning! Thank you, Chancellor-Provost Francine Conway, for sharing this wonderful moment with our school. It is an honor to once again have you celebrate with us. Thank you for your words of welcome and best wishes to our graduating students, and to their families and friends. I’ve had the privilege of joining Dr. Conway […]
Three SEBS Professors Ranked Among “Best Plant Science and Agronomy Scientists”
Three faculty members in the Department of Plant Biology have been ranked “Best Plant Science and Agronomy Scientists” by Research.com. The latest scientific rankings were based on number of publications and their citation values within the discipline. Distinguished Professor Bingru Huang focuses her research on understanding mechanisms of plant tolerance to abiotic stress tolerance, […]
Prof. Pamela McElwee Co-authors Study Offering New Solutions for Combating Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
Pamela McElwee, professor in the Department of Human Ecology, is co-author of a new study, “Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts,” published in the journal, Science. She is among 18 international experts who contributed to the study. “This paper emphasizes that biodiversity loss and climate change are essentially two sides […]
Kendall Soto (SEBS’24), Creating a More Just Society
Kendall Soto (SEBS’24), EPIB major, is currently spending a semester abroad in Greece. Kendall recently joined 11 other study-abroad students as a Global Justice Fellow at a conference in London with President Holloway, international Rutgers Alumni, university administrators from RU-Global and ISGRJ-Newark, as well as local activists, to explore and converse about the possible ways […]
SEBS Professors Study the Microbiology of Arsenic-Contaminated Agricultural Soils in the Mekong River and Red River Deltas
Distinguished Professor Max Häggblom, chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and professor John Reinfelder, Department of Environmental Sciences, visited Vietnam to initiate collaborative research on microbial arsenic metabolism in rice paddy soils with investigators at Can Tho University, College of Agriculture and Hanoi University of Science and Technology, School of Biotechnology and Food […]
SEBS-NJAES Scientists Lead $3.2 Million USDA Grant to Develop Disease-Resistant Basil
Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick are leading a new $3.2 million study that aims to continue developing sweet basil plants resistant to downy mildew and an emerging bacteria that has decimated the crops of the culinary herb for more than a decade. The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture provided funding […]
SEBS Scientists Explore How Life Flourishes Near Underwater Volcanoes
SEBS scientist Costa Vetriani, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, is currently on the research vessel Atlantis with three of his graduate students: Avanthika Bharath, Olivia Cannon and Ian Schlegel. They are traveling 1000 miles from the shores of Costa Rica to explore and sample the underwater volcanoes along the East Pacific rise. […]
Andrew Aldercotte’s Fulbright-Funded Indonesian Pollinator Research Taking Place at Rutgers-Affiliated Field Station
Check out the Borneo tree tops with Andrew Aldercotte in his Peat Swamp Forest Canopy Research Blog Andrew Aldercotte is a third-year doctoral student in the Rachel Winfree lab. Born in Montreal, Canada, Aldercotte left a ten-year career as a ski instructor and guide to return to academia. He has master’s degree in forestry from […]
RU COOL Marks 30th Anniversary at the Forefront of Climate Change Research and Ocean Discovery
Rutgers, NOAA and glider maker mark RUCOOL milestone For 30 years, Rutgers’ Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) has taken the lead in pioneering research that has changed our understanding of the oceans and the way information is collected. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Rick Spinrad joined Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway and marine […]
