Dinner with a scientist
An informal evening to discuss current research and trends in science and how they can be incorporated into the lessons of New Jersey teachers. Please fill out the registration form for the 2013-2014 STEM Educator's Series. The 8 events will be held between October 2013 and March 2014. Each event will go from 5:30pm-8:30pm at the Rutgers University Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences in New Brunswick, NJ. The charge for events for educators is as follows: $15 for 1 event, $50 for 4 events, and $80 for all 8 events. The events can be attended either in person or online, via the live broadcast
Topic-related and data-specific lessons will be provided at each event to assist you in taking the content back to your K-12 classrooms. Note - all lessons are aligned with the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards - Science, as well at the Next Generation Science Standards.
A light dinner and beverages will be provided at each event.
Topic-related and data-specific lessons will be provided at each event to assist you in taking the content back to your K-12 classrooms. Note - all lessons are aligned with the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards - Science, as well at the Next Generation Science Standards.
A light dinner and beverages will be provided at each event.
October 10th, 2013 "The Origin of Heavy Metals-Rocks of Ages"
Dr. Jolie Cizewski is interested in studying and understanding the structure of heavy atomic nuclei (mass 80), and in particular, nuclei with many more neutrons than stable isotopes. She also serves as the Director of the Center of Excellence for Radioactive Ion Beam Studies for Stewardship Science. Her earlier work involved studying highly elongated, superdeformed, excitations in heavy nuclei, the properties of nuclei near the proton drip line, and the role of dynamical symmetries and supersymmetries in understanding collective excitations in nuclei. She currently supervises graduate students and post-doctoral scholars, and serves as Vice Dean of the Graduate School - New Brunswick.
Dr. Joli Cizewski's Website
Dr. Joli Cizewski's Website
October 23rd, 2013 "Climate Change Science"
Dr. Grace Saba is an Assistant Research Professor at Rutgers University. She received her bachelor’s degree in Aquatic Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed her Ph.D. in Marine Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary. Her broad research interests are in the fields of marine plankton ecology, food web dynamics, biogeochemical cycling, and vertical particle flux with focus on how climate change, including ocean acidification, impacts these processes.
January 9th, 2014 "Evolution & Fisheries"
Dr. Malin Pinsky is an ecologist with a strong interest in the metapopulation dynamics of coastal marine species. He uses an integrative approach to science approach to science such that he combines field ecology with modeling, population genetics, and the analysis of long-term datasets to understand how populations function across space and time. A central goal of his research is to further the conservation of marine ecosystems and to help ensure sustainable sources of the seafood, clean water, safe shorelines, and recreation upon which we as a society rely. He is keenly interested in developing a predictive science of spatial marine ecology to guide the conservation and sustainable development of marine ecosystems into the future. Dr. Pinsky received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2011 in Biology.
Dr. Malin Pinsky's Website
Dr. Malin Pinsky's Website
January 22nd, 2014 "Soil Microbial Ecology"
Dr. Craig Phelps is a professor of Environmental Science at the Rutgers University, New Brunswick campus. His research interests include soil microbial biology and systems science. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in 1998. He served as co-chair of the North Eastern Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology, and Taxonomy society from 2001-2011.
Dr. Craig Phelps's Website
Dr. Craig Phelps's Website
February 5th, 2014 "Microbiology: Bacteria & Phytoplankton Interactions"
Dr. Kay Bidle is an Assistant Professor at IMCS, Rutgers University . Dr. Bidle is one of several IMCS scientists who extensively study microbes in the oceans, especially phytoplankton. He came to Rutgers in 2001 from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla , CA where he received his PhD in Marine Biology. Kay won the 2005 Raymond A. Lindeman Award, an international recognition given by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, for the best scientific research paper by a young oceanographer.
Dr. Kay Bidle's Website
Dr. Kay Bidle's Website
February 20th, 2014 "Populations Protozoa Petris"
Dr. Peter Morin is a Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers University in the Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources Department. His research interests include biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, ecology networks, inducible trophic polymorphisms, and community ecology. Dr. Morin received his Ph.D. from Duke University in Zoology.
Dr. Peter Morin's Website
Dr. Peter Morin's Website
March 5th, 2014 "Chemical Biology"
Dr. Helen Berman is the director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank – one of the member organizations of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank and a Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University. A structural biologist, her work includes structural analysis of protein-nucleic acid complexes, and the role of water in molecular interactions. She is also the founder and director of the Nucleic Acid Database, and leads the Protein Structure Initiative Structural Genomics Knowledgebase. Dr. Berman received her Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh in 1967.
Dr. Helen Berman's Website
Dr. Helen Berman's Website
March 20th, 2014 "Climate Change, Ocean Currents, & Impacts"
Dr. Josh Kohut is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He received his bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics from the College of Charleston and completed his Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography at Rutgers University. His broad research interests are in bio-physical interactions in the world’s oceans, circulation processes on continental shelves, and the impact of these processes on marine resource management. I utilize ocean observing technologies including satellites, high-frequency radar, and underwater gliding robots as part of a research program that applies ocean observations to coastal research and decision making.