Category: SoMAS

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SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

A team of researchers led by Stony Brook Professor Matthew Eisaman is using electricity to remove acid from the ocean while also taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

July 20, 2021

2 min read

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SoMAS, Geosciences Take to the Road in the EarthBus

The EarthBus Partnership will recruit and mentor students at high schools with large populations of underrepresented students, bringing awareness of geoscience careers.

June 25, 2021

1 min read

Academics News Highlights On Campus SB Southampton SoMAS University

Great Horned Owls Descend on Stony Brook Southampton

Marine Sciences Center Manager Christopher Paparo shares his encounter with a great horned owl family and how he helped save an owlet that fell out of its nest.

June 22, 2021

7 min read

Academics Long Island News Highlights SoMAS University

Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation at SoMAS, talks about a program that would be the first in NY to offer "nitrogen credit" payments for kelp cultivation.

June 4, 2021

2 min read

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Presidential Completion Awards Help Doctoral Students Finish Degrees

Since arriving last summer, Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis has shown her commitment to supporting doctoral students through several critical investments. The latest are the Presidential Completion...

June 2, 2021

6 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS STEM Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

Scientists have been studying mercury uptake into the food chain during the winter, and how mercury uptake may change in the future, as climate conditions change.

May 12, 2021

3 min read

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Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Three students are conducting a survey to determine the public's perception of the Hudson River under the mentorship of Professor David Taylor in the sustainability studies program.

May 11, 2021

2 min read

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Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described interdisciplinary scientist with knowledge spanning the fields of marine biology, molecular genetics, and conservation ecology, with an MS and a PhD from Stony Brook University...

May 7, 2021

5 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Community Faculty/Student Spotlights Long Island News Highlights Service SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach

On the last weekend in April, Stony Brook University students took part in the Southhampton Warner Island Cleanup. Students from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) boarded the RV Peconic, traveled...

May 6, 2021

2 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Research SB Southampton SoMAS Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

Shinnecock Bay bears the name of an indigenous people, but due to human activity it bears little resemblance to what it once was when it sustained Native American populations. In recent decades, poor water quality...

May 3, 2021

7 min read

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Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Eszter Boros, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28. Included with the prestigious award is $200,000 in new funding, meant...

April 28, 2021

8 min read

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Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Lake Agawam in Southampton Village has recently looked more like pea soup than the pristine body of water that it has been for so many years. Dense algal blooms have affected the lake since 2003, according to the 2017...

April 26, 2021

4 min read

Academics Community News Highlights SB Southampton SoMAS University

SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie

A GoFundMe campaign to raise money to satellite tag and release a seal through the New York Marine Rescue Center in Riverhead has been set up in his memory.

April 21, 2021

3 min read

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Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Anissa Abi-Dargham, J. Kirk Cochran, Maurizio Del Poeta, Yi-Xian Qin and Paul Shepson have received the prestigious honor bestowed by SUNY upon professionals of the highest caliber.

April 20, 2021

5 min read

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Watch Discovery Prize Finalists Describe Their Research

The $200,000 Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize will be awarded on April 28 at a virtual event where four outstanding early-career faculty will present their research.

April 19, 2021

2 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Long Island Research SoMAS University

Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

They’ve been called creepy, scary and spooky, but Maria Brown says don’t be fooled, and don’t be afraid. Bats are an important species that impacts our daily lives in ways we might not even realize, including...

April 9, 2021

6 min read

Events Long Island SoMAS

“Larry Swanson Waste on Wednesdays” Webinars Start April 7

The four-part free seminar series examining the management of solid waste on Long Island is being held in honor of the late former associate dean of SoMAS.

March 30, 2021

3 min read

A new technology to accurately and cost effectively detect nitrogen from wastewater, such as at a sewage plant as the one depicted, is being developed by Stony Brook researchers. Source: Hermann Hammer, Pixabay License

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Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Qingzhi Zhu, an associate professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, has received a SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award for his research to develop a low-cost...

March 30, 2021

3 min read

Category: SoMAS

SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

SoMAS, Geosciences Take to the Road in the EarthBus

Great Horned Owls Descend on Stony Brook Southampton

Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

Presidential Completion Awards Help Doctoral Students Finish Degrees

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach

SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie

Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Watch Discovery Prize Finalists Describe Their Research

Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

“Larry Swanson Waste on Wednesdays” Webinars Start April 7

Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

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