Geoff Trussell Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine and Environmental Science, Director of Marine Science Center and the Coastal Sustainability Institute g.trussell@neu.edu 781.581.7370 x300 Expertise evolutionary and community and ecosystem ecology Geoff Trussell in the Press Researchers in Nahant collecting samples to map DNA from creatures of the deep Steven Vollmer studies coral. One of the species on his radar is staghorn coral, which has long branches resembling male deer antlers. Found mostly off the Florida Keys and in the Caribbean, the coral is on the endangered species list because of white band disease, a condition involving a deadly ring of peeling that starts […] The Daily Item Northeastern’s Nahant facilities receive facelift Geoff Trussell had just hired six new faculty, and the 50-year-old facilities at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center just weren’t going to cut it. So the university built its Nahant campus some brand new ones. Over the last year, walls have been knocked down and built up to turn obsolete and rundown classroom space into laboratories […] Geoff Trussell for Northeastern Global NewsStudents squish seaweed, dissect squids, and find each other as whales do at Northeastern’s High School Marine Science Symposium by Laura Castañón March 8, 2019 Northeastern, Nature Conservancy team up to tackle climate change, save coastal cities by Sophia Fox-Sowell August 8, 2018 Collaboration: ‘Where the magic starts happening’ by Thea Singer April 4, 2017 Northeastern’s research partnerships in Cuba open the doors to scientific exchange by Greg St. Martin March 3, 2017 3Qs: Why better infrastructure could solve Rio’s water problems by Joe O'Connell August 9, 2016 Marine Science Center works to protect oceans’ ‘vital role in sustaining life on Earth’ by Joe O'Connell June 8, 2016 The rules of the water by Greg St. Martin June 8, 2015 Northeastern hosts DC briefing on urban coastal sustainability by Joe O'Connell May 29, 2015 Looking ahead: Coastal sustainability in 2015 by Joe O'Connell February 5, 2015 Hot and bothered: climate change and the ecology of fear by Angela Herring June 27, 2014
Researchers in Nahant collecting samples to map DNA from creatures of the deep Steven Vollmer studies coral. One of the species on his radar is staghorn coral, which has long branches resembling male deer antlers. Found mostly off the Florida Keys and in the Caribbean, the coral is on the endangered species list because of white band disease, a condition involving a deadly ring of peeling that starts […]
The Daily Item Northeastern’s Nahant facilities receive facelift Geoff Trussell had just hired six new faculty, and the 50-year-old facilities at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center just weren’t going to cut it. So the university built its Nahant campus some brand new ones. Over the last year, walls have been knocked down and built up to turn obsolete and rundown classroom space into laboratories […]
