Feb 2018New Professor at JHU

New Professor at JHU

Scot Miller joined the Dept. of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins as an assistant professor in January. Miller studies emissions of different greenhouse gases and air pollutants. He uses observations of these gases collected in the atmosphere — from aircraft, telecommunications towers, and satellites. Miller combines these observations with atmospheric and statistical...

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OYSTER

OYSTER: Opportunities for Young Scientist Training, Education, and Research National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Summer Internships for Undergraduates, Recent Graduates, and Graduate Students The NOAA Chesapeake Bay office has announced three summer internship opportunities for future scientists. All internships are offered in partnership with Chesapeake Research Consortium. Note...

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In Memoriam M. Grant Gross

M. Grant Gross Jr., former director of the Chesapeake Research Consortium (1994 – 2001) has passed away. “Grant was a steady hand at the helm when it came to ocean science…he was instrumental in advancing ocean science in the U.S. He was cutting edge, and a fixture at the times. He also worked hard at getting minorities into oceanography. He was all about inclusiveness,” said...

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New CRC Research Scientist

Danny Kaufman to Assist CBP with Optimization Tool Development The CRC is pleased to welcome Dr. Danny Kaufman to the CRC team.  Danny, who started work  on the first of December  2017, is working as a Research Scientist to assist the Modeling Team of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership on developing optimization tools for the Bay watershed model, called the Chesapeake Assessment...

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CBED Update

Our database is growing! Last year, we launched the Chesapeake Bay Expertise Database, a tool to connect Bay scientists. Anyone can use CBED to find collaborators, speakers, and mentors, as it is searchable by name, institution, expertise, research interests, and Chesapeake Bay management areas. There are currently 252 scientists enrolled in CBED, ranging across dozens of institutions. The...

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CRC Launches New Initiative

As per our web page, the CRC’s mission is to “encourage and facilitate collaborative research and education initiatives throughout the region and, from these activities, to inform the management community and effectively foster improved science-based management of the Chesapeake Bay and its watersheds.”  For the scientists at our member institutions and, indeed, for scientists at any of the...

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