We congratulate these SEBS and NJAES faculty and staff on their accomplishments, appointments and awards below. For university-wide announcements, please visit the Rutgers Faculty and Staff Newsletter. 2026 Troy Roepke, Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Workplace Culture, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is among the inaugural cohort of 2026-2027 Executive Faculty […]
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Penguins and Antarctica and climate change, oh my! Teachers CONVERGE at Rutgers with research team
Excited talk of underwater robots, food webs and climate change filled the air at a weeklong teacher workshop at Rutgers University for Project CONVERGE, a program that will bring “real science” into area classrooms…Led by chief scientists and oceanographers Josh Kohut of Rutgers and Matt Oliver of the University of Delaware, the workshop is the kickoff for a year-long collaboration. The teachers’ students will become part of the Project CONVERGE team. Through blogs, interactive online classroom sessions and video conference calls, the middle-schoolers will get to know researchers in Antarctica and their work.
Rutgers Scientists Help Develop New Beach Water Monitoring System for NJ
After successfully developing interactive websites to assist the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in monitoring various aspects of water quality along the New Jersey coastline, the NJDEP’s Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring solicited Josh Kohut, associate professor of marine and coastal sciences and Lucas Marxen, assistant director of research technology at the Rutgers […]
The ocean seems warm at the Shore, but will temps hold?
On a blistering summer day, nothing feels quite so good as taking a dip at in the ocean. But where along the Jersey shore can you find the not-too-cool, not-too-hot “sweet spot” for water temperatures, the one that provides just enough relief from the heat and makes you go “ahhhh”?…”Most people like it to be at least in the mid to upper 70s,” said Josh Kohut, assistant professor of Physical Oceanography at Rutgers University and founding member of the university’s Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (COOL). “Certainly when we had upwelling last year and it got into the 50s that was a bit too cold for most people.”
Four SEBS Faculty Honored by Rutgers for Teaching, Research, Service and Diversity Initiatives
Members of the Rutgers community who have made outstanding contributions in the classroom, to their disciplines or for the benefit of the community or world were honored during a May 7 reception at the Rutgers Visitor Center in Piscataway. Four SEBS/NJAES faculty members, Josh Kohut, Mark Robson, Pam McElwee and Dave Robinson, were among 35 […]
Converging factors: New project to use radar array to determine how ocean currents affect food web
The phrase “going with the flow” takes on a different meaning for scientists studying how tides along the Antarctic Peninsula influence where Adélie penguins go to forage for food during their breeding cycle. Previous research in the region – analyzing 10 years of data from satellite-tagged penguins, an autonomous underwater vehicle and historical tidal records – was the first to link changes in tide cycles to where penguins would find their main prey, Antarctic krill…”Understanding the links between some of the physical drivers and connections throughout the entire system, going from the primary producers to the zooplankton and the top predators, will allow us to have a better understanding how these shifts in climate might impact the system,” noted Josh Kohut, an assistant professor at Rutgers University External Non-U.S. government site and principal investigator (PI) on the CONVERGE project.
RCE Announces Annual Wilbur M. Runk and Merle V. Adams Award Winners for 2013
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) held its annual awards program at the 2013 Annual Joint Department Meeting on December 10 to recognize outstanding performances of students, faculty and staff. Two of its awards are in honor of former Extension faculty, Wilbur M. Runk and Merle V. Adams. Dane Jensen, Ph.D. food science candidate whose mentor is […]
Sweeping project allows look at depths of ocean
At this very moment, in 15 spots off the East Coast from Nova Scotia to Georgia, robots are surfing the depths of the ocean, taking its pulse. The robots – commonly referred to as "gliders" because of the way they move through the water – are m…
Jersey Shore ocean temperatures colder-than-normal due to upwelling
Beachgoers along the Jersey Shore have had to make a choice this summer: wither in the sun or shiver in the water. That’s because steady southwest winds are pushing warm water away from the beach and pulling colder water up from the bottom of the ocean…
