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News Roundup from SoMAS
Did you catch SoMAS in the News? Here's a few headlines featuring our students, faculty, and staff! Congratulations to Dr. Sara Hamideh, on her NSF CAREER Award, entitled "CAREER: Affordable Versus Vacation Housing Resilience: Mechanisms that Shape Housing...
Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity
Photo above: Sara Cernadas-Martín with the research vessel Seawolf behind her. Photo by John Griffin From Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 7, 2021 Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described...
Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?
Photo Above, from left to right: Wendy Arias Guanga, researcher; Melanie Formosa, research manager; Dana Franz, researcher. From Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson? by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 11, 2021. Three Stony Brook University...
Undergraduate Research Celebrated at Annual URECA Event
Students from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences participated in URECA, the Stony Brook University annual event that showcases undergraduate research and is open to all SBU undergraduates conducting faculty-mentored research and creative projects. ...
SoMAS Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay
Photo above: Ellen Pikitch (top) and Christine Santora near the Ponquogue Bridge. Photo by John Griffin From SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 3, 2021 Shinnecock Bay bears the...
MCP Student Highlight – Steve Silverman
Time to highlight one of our amazing current Marine Conservation and Policy students, Steve Silverman! Where did you go to undergrad? Binghamton University, graduated in 2020 with an Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Biology Major and Environment Sciences minor. Why...
Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach
From Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach by Tamara Gregorian on Stony Brook University News on May 6, 2021 On the last weekend in April, Stony Brook University students took part in the Southampton Warner Island Cleanup. Students from the School...
Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms
Photo above: Blue-green algal blooms, like this one at Roth Pond in 2015, have greatly affected Lake Agawam in Southampton over the past decade. From Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms on Stony Brook University News, April 26, 2021. Lake Agawam in...
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...
Exchange Program Combines Love of Major with Love of Language
From Exchange Program Combines Love of Major with Love of Language by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, April 29, 2021. Biology major Laura Roesch ’21, from Glen Cove, New York, has been selected to represent Stony Brook University in the Congress-Bundestag...
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 do," said Maria...
Two SoMAS Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor
From Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor on Stony Brook University News, April 20, 2021. Stony Brook University faculty members Anissa Abi-Dargham, J. Kirk Cochran, Maurizio Del Poeta, Yi-Xian Qin and Paul Shepson have been elevated to...
SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie
From SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie on Stony Brook University News on April 21, 2021. Ryan Durie had a profound effect on those who knew him, and the impact he made on others’ lives is reflected in the response from his friends, family and the...
Stronger Together With Your Support!
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
Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats
Photo above: Maria Brown and daughter Lexi prepare at dawn to return to the location in Peru’s Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve where bats were captured the night before. The bats were released back into the wild. Photo credit Melissa Ingala From Maria Brown Goes to Bat for...
Latest Press and Research News
Here's the latest news from SoMAS Faculty and Staff Dr. Kamazima Lwiza, and co-PIs Dr. Edmund Chang, Dr. Brian Colle, Dr. Hyemi Kim, and Dr. Weisen Shen, have received a new award from NSF in support of the project "GP-IN: Discovering Pathways into the Geosciences...
“Larry Swanson Waste on Wednesdays” Webinars Start April 7
In conjunction with Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), the Evan R. Liblit Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee is hosting “Larry Swanson Waste on Wednesdays,” — a four-part free seminar series examining the management of solid...
Stony Brook University Announces Giving Day 2021: April 21!
From Stony Brook University Announces Giving Day 2021: April 21! on Stony Brook University News on March 29, 2021. On April 21, Stony Brook University will host its third annual “Giving Day,” a 24-hour fundraising drive to generate support for students, faculty and...
SoMAS Doctoral Student Working to Restore Shellfish Population
Stephen Tomasetti at the Marine Sciences Center at Stony Brook Southampton. Photo above by John Griffin From Doctoral Student Working to Restore Shellfish Population by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, March 23, 2021. Shellfish couldn’t have a better...
SBU’s Pavlos Kollias Part of BNL Team Studying ‘Secondary’ Ice
Photo above: Stony Brook’s Pavlos Kollias (far right) with fellow Brookhaven Lab atmospheric scientists Andrew Vogelmann, Edward Luke and Fan Yang From SBU’s Pavlos Kollias Part of BNL Team Studying ‘Secondary’ Ice on Stony Brook University News, March 24, 2021 Where...
Latest Student and Faculty News
Spring is starting to reveal itself and that means we are approaching award season! Congratulations to the two winners of the 2021 JR Schubel Fellowship! Naomi Miller, advised by Dr. Kevin Reed and Dr. Donovan Finn Farinaz Motlagh, advised by Dr. Sara Hamideh ...
Latest Technology Helping SoMAS Student Identify Harmful Algae
Photo above: Graduate student Rebecca Rogers with the Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) at the Marine Sciences Center in Southampton. From Latest Technology Helping Student Identify Harmful by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, March 18, 2021 Rebecca Rogers has...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2021-03-09
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on March 9, 2021. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg noted that there is a lot of sand building in the breach and it would appear that the breach is on the verge of...
Winter Updates from SoMAS Faculty
Check out the latest updates from our faculty! Dr. Kevin Reed is one of the 2021 Discovery Prize Finalists for his project, "Attribution of the human influence on the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons." Kevin Reed is an associate professor in Stony Brook University’s...
SoMAS Women Faculty: Inspiring the Next Generation
From Stony Brook Women Faculty: Inspiring the Next Generation on Stony Brook University News, March 5, 2021 They are world-renowned scientists, groundbreaking researchers and beloved professors. They are also trusted advisors, caring mentors, loving mothers and good...
CCWT Research Finds Likely Source of 1,4-dioxane in Wastewater and Novel Approach for Removal
From Twin University Studies Reveal Contamination of Public Water Supplies by Household Products Containing Likely Human Carcinogen and the Creation of a New Septic System to Remove This, Nitrogen, and Other Contaminants from the New York State Center for Clean Water...
Chris Gobler’s LI Sound Research Receives Federal Funding
Photo above: An eelgrass bed off of Fishers Island, NY. Credit: CCE Suffolk County Marine Program From Chris Gobler’s LI Sound Research Receives Federal Funding by on Stony Brook University News, February 22, 2021 A study of ocean acidification led by Christopher...
Ellen Pikitch Addresses UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science
From SoMAS’ Ellen Pikitch Addresses UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Stony Brook University News, February 11, 2021. On February 11 Ellen Pikitch, Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science in the Stony Brook University School of Marine and...
Making 2021 A Great Year
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
Marine Conservation and Policy Program Welcomes New Assistant Director
The MCP program is pleased to announce the appointment of their new Assistant Director, Kaitlin Willig Giglio! A Long Island Native and SoMAS alum, she is thrilled to be stepping into this role where she will focus on day-to-day student advising and inquiries about...
