Fall 2018 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University As the challenges of our time become ever more complex, there is a detectible shift occurring in the scientific community toward convergence research. Convergence, simply interpreted, is the…
Fall 2018 – Guest Frequently Asked Questions – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Larry McKinney, Executive Director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies and Chair of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science (GoMOSES) conference Executive Committee (ExComm), answered a few questions about the role of…
Fall 2018 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Nick Shay – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Lynn (Nick) Shay from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami answered a few questions about his RFP-V project, Three-Dimensional Gulf Circulation and Biogeochemical Processes Unveiled by State-of-the-Art Profiling Float…
Fall 2018 – Education Spotlight – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Members of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Marine Mammal Health Assessment (CARMMHA), including Mandy Tumlin, Jaimie Thompson, Ashley Barratclough, Alissa Deming, Brittany Novick, and Celeste Parry, participated in the Girl Scouts Believe in G.I.R.L. (Go-Getter, Innovator, Risk-Taker, Leader; B.I.G.) event, hosted…
The Gulf of Mexico Research initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Antonietta Quigg for her distinction of Regents Professor of Marine Biology and Oceanography at Texas A&M University.
Researchers combined detailed observations, laboratory experiments, and existing numerical models to develop the Texas A&M Oil Spill (Outflow) Calculator (TAMOC) and improve predictions of subsea oil and gas plume dynamics.