Departments Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Three students earn NSF graduate research fellowships

Doctoral students Allison Matzelle, Jennifer Morales, and Tanya Rogers have been named 2014 graduate research fellows by the National Science Foundation. The program supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.

by Angela Herring May 21, 2014

Better science for better fisheries management

Northeastern associate professor Jon Grabowski, an expert in marine science and fisheries and a member of the New England Fishery Management Council’s Habitat Plan Development Team, is working with fisheries scientists and managers to develop tools that will enhance fisheries habitat management.

by Angela Herring May 19, 2014

Faculty Expert

Jonathan Grabowski

Assistant Director and Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Stuck in the middle with oysters and crabs

New research from marine scientists at Northeastern shows that the behavior of middle predators in marine food webs plays an important role in the welfare of the whole system—and that, like our behavior, middle predator behavior is pretty fickle.

by Angela Herring May 7, 2014

Mission 31 to splash down on June 1

Northeastern researchers will investigate the effects of global change on reef ecology as part of Mission 31, documentary filmmaker Fabien Cousteau’s 31-day underwater expedition off the coast of Florida.

by Angela Herring April 30, 2014

Marine researcher sticks to her roots

Jennifer Elliott, a doctoral candidate at the Marine Science Center, is pursuing research to determine how best to rehabilitate the coral reefs in her homeland of Mauritius, a small island located in the Indian Ocean.

by Angela Herring April 22, 2014

Researchers ready for historic aquatic ‘Mission’

Northeastern professors have teamed up with Fabien Cousteau, the grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, to lead Mission-31—a 31-day research operation on the ocean floor off Florida’s coast.

by Angela Herring December 2, 2013

Social insects put the ‘I’ in team to fight disease

New research from associate professor Rebeca Rosengaus confirms ant larvae have retained their individual immune systems throughout evolution, which she said could help explain why social insects are geographically widespread and ecologically dominant.

by Angela Herring October 8, 2013

Diving right in, student researcher explores ocean habitats

Fourth-year marine biology major Nadia Aamoum worked on international co-op on Mahe Island in Seychelles, where she learned the basics of dive research and which she is now applying to her work in the Three Seas Program.

by Joe O'Connell October 8, 2013

Deep water data

Two new faculty based at the Marine Science Center are harvesting data from the ocean to understand how global change has impacted its ecosystems and will continue to do so in the future.

by Angela Herring September 19, 2013