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10-Year Nutrient Pollution Proposal
As those involved with the Consortium are well aware, nutrient pollution is one of the ‘grand challenges’ of our time. It is a particularly vexing problem given the complex web of ecological, social and economic factors involved. Despite significant attention being paid to addressing nutrient pollution by governments agencies, industry, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders,...
Read MoreNew Professor at VT
New Professor at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech recently hired a new co-director for their Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Lab in northern Virginia. Stanley Grant came to VT from University of California Irvine, and he will also serve as a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. Grant has always been interested in nutrient pollution and transport, spending the last several...
Read MoreOyster Aquaculture and Disease
Scientists and managers have long thought that disease spreads from oyster aquaculture to wild populations. New research, however, has shown that aquaculture operations can actually limit the spread of diseases like dermo. The team, including Tal Ben-Horin of the University of Rhode Island (URI), Colleen Burge of University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Ryan Carnegie of the Virginia...
Read MoreUpdates to CRC’s Board
This past December, Fred Dobbs of Old Dominion University was elected as the new Chair of CRC’s Board of Trustees. Dobbs will replace John Wells of VIMS, who held the position for the past 9 years. Wells has served as VIMS representative since 2004, and will stay on in that role after Dobbs becomes Chair. Dobbs has served on the board since early 2017, when he replaced Rodger Harvey as the...
Read MoreCRC Seeks New Director
CRC is Looking for a New Executive Director The Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) seeks an experienced environmental scientist/leader to serve as its next Executive Director. Details are available in the full position description. Interested candidates are also encouraged to review the CRC website for more information about our organization and the current range of activities associated with...
Read MoreScience Communication Position
Virginia Sea Grant (VASG) and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science are excited to announce a joint Postdoctoral Research Associate in Communicating Science position, with an emphasis on climate change and resilience in coastal communities. The Postdoctoral Associate will conduct research as well as design, test, and deliver training in the Virginia and mid‐Atlantic regions. Located in...
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