Celebrating Our Faculty and Staff

Celebrating Our Faculty and Staff

On Thursday, October 21, 2021, at a SoMAS Strategic Planning Event at The Waterview in Port Jefferson, we honored the careers of 8 faculty and staff. A scenic sunset view of Long Island Sound was a fitting way to celebrate Bonnie Stephens, Anne McElroy, Bruce...
Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research

Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research

Photo above: Stony Brook’s Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center From: Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research on Stony Brook University News, April 26, 2021. Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource — developers of New...

Latest News and Press from SoMAS

Here’s the latest round up of news featuring SoMAS faculty, staff, and students! Newsday: Bat signals: Research, community projects aim to protect the creatures on LI  Bats “get a bad rap all the time, but we want to promote all the great things they...
Making 2021 A Great Year

Making 2021 A Great Year

Welcome!Welcome to SoMAS! If you are a marine science, atmospheric science, or sustainability studies student, you have made a wise choice in choosing a field that is about understanding and protecting Earth resources. The world needs you, literally! Read More from the Dean

Remembering Larry Swanson

Remembering Larry Swanson

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences hosted a memorial for Dr. Larry Swanson on Friday November 20, 2020. Family, colleagues, friends and neighbors shared stories of their friend to a crowd of over 200 participants on Zoom and Facebook Live. The stories...
Celebrating the Class of 2020 – SoMAS Convocation

Celebrating the Class of 2020 – SoMAS Convocation

Congratulations to our graduates!  The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred virtually for the first time on Friday, May 22, 2020 on the SoMAS website, Facebook and YouTube. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty, staff, and fellow students to...
Greetings!

Greetings!

Welcome!Welcome to SoMAS! If you are a marine science, atmospheric science, or sustainability studies student, you have made a wise choice in choosing a field that is about understanding and protecting Earth resources. The world needs you, literally! Read More from the Dean

SoMAS Convocation 2019

SoMAS Convocation 2019

Photo above: Dean Shepson welcomes the Class of 2019 at the SoMAS Convocation. Congratulations to our graduates!  The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 24, 2019 at the Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their friends and family...
Two SoMAS Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY

Two SoMAS Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY

Photo above: New York Bight Whale Monitoring Program. Property of NYSDEC and the aerial survey contractor, Tetra Tech From Two SBU Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY on Stony Brook News, February 6, 2019. Nearly $570,000 in ocean research...
Tracking Horseshoe Crabs by Acoustic Telemetry

Tracking Horseshoe Crabs by Acoustic Telemetry

From Tracking Horseshoe Crabs by Acoustic Telemetry on the Stony Brook Newsroom on January 9, 2019. Horseshoe crabs have been on earth since before dinosaurs, and they are an important part of the life ecosystem, as multiple marine animals, such as migratory...
Vax to Flax 2017

Vax to Flax 2017

Many thanks to those who participated and assisted with the 2017 Flax to Vax Race + BBQ on Saturday. Heather Lynch and Kurt Bretsch won for the faculty and Mark Nepf and Ashley Cohen won for the students. Overall the top five faculty times beat the top ten student...
North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, SoMAS Study Finds

North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, SoMAS Study Finds

From “North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, Study Finds” on SBU Happenings, 2016-12-07 In a piece of welcome news for seafood lovers, a Stony Brook-led research team has found declining levels of mercury in bluefin tuna caught in the North Atlantic over the past...
Brian Gallagher (BS, 2013)

Brian Gallagher (BS, 2013)

Throughout my (still ongoing) education and career in aquatic ecology, I have developed a strong interest in how human impacts such as climate change, harvest, and contaminants influence the ecology and evolution of fishes. My four years as a Marine Vertebrate Biology...