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2023 HSRL RIOS Interns

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HSRL RIOS interns finished their summer internships strong during the capstone poster presentation on Cook Campus in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. All four completed outstanding projects providing data that will advance the research they were involved in, while also learning about the basic process of conducting science and communicating the information revealed.

  • Michele Bulnes of Monmouth University who worked with Dr. Daphne Munroe and PhD Candidate Alexandria Ambrose on how fish and other organisms use oyster farm gear as habitat.
  • Molly Honecker of Duke University who worked with Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. Laura Steeves and Dr. Munroe to understand impacts of ocean acidification on coastal shellfish.
  • Aisling O’Connell of Georgetown University who helped Drs. Jason Morson and Doug Zemeckis determine the effectiveness and appropriateness of a novel sampling method for understanding offshore fish communities where wind energy turbines are proposed for installation.
  • Nina Coli of the University of South Carolina who worked with Field Researcher Jenny Shinn and Dr. David Bushek to test the settlement of oysters to novel concrete formulations and modules designed for use in hybrid living shorelines to protect coastlines from storms and erosion.

Molly and Nina were selected by an independent faculty review committee to present their posters at the next Ocean Sciences meeting and Michelle and Aisling’s mentors are discussing presenting their posters to relevant regional conferences. Congrats to all and thanks to everyone that helped support them.

Rutgers-led Project Successfully Conducts Testing of Shellfish Reef Structure Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience

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The Rutgers-led Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project—awarded $12.6 million last fall to develop an artificial reef ecosystem to help project coastlines from storm damage, flooding and erosion—recently conducted laboratory testing of modular oyster reef-mimicking structures for eventual installation in the Gulf Coast.

Pictured at left (in red shirt), Rutgers professor David Bushek, who directs the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, and University of Central Florida Associate Professor Kelly Kibler (standing, second from left) with partners from Reef Design Lab, the University of Western Australia, the University of Melbourne and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Courtesy of Dave Bushek.
Pictured at left (in red shirt), Rutgers professor David Bushek, who directs the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, and University of Central Florida Associate Professor Kelly Kibler (standing, second from left) with partners from Reef Design Lab, the University of Western Australia, the University of Melbourne and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Courtesy of Dave Bushek.

World Environment Day Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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The Haskin Shellfish Lab participated in the Delaware River and Bay Authority’s (DRBA) second annual World Environment Day celebration, along with over one hundred (100) other exhibitors and vendors with various environmental focuses. The first official World Environment Day celebration was held in 1973, marking 2023 as the 50th anniversary, with over 150 countries participating.

Iris Burt, of Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, hosts a table at the Delaware RIver and Bay Authority's (DRBA) 2nd annual World ENvironment Day celebration.
Iris Burt, of the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, demonstrates shellfish’s ability to clean the water by way of filter feeding. Photo by Jenny Shinn.

Rutgers Students Work to Bring Wind Energy to New Jersey

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This September, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an order to increase New Jersey’s offshore wind goal to nearly 50 percent by 2040.

A group of 12 Rutgers students, including Sophia Piper (HSRL), is hard at work to help the state meet that deadline.

Turbines in an off shore wind farm. Shutterstock
Turbines in an off shore wind farm. Shutterstock