August: Purchase order for a new Tekran 2700 is issued and it will be delivered at the end of Sept. Good news and will be put to work immediately as lots of folks have samples waiting!
August: Anika’s paper accepted and published! Rob is a co-author. Congrats to all! See here
August: Maodian’s paper on coastal mercury cycling is accepted for publication in Nature Sustainability. Rob is a co-author. Congrats to him and all involved.
August: Sophia’s paper on our study in the Gulf of Maine is submitted for publication. An marathon effort with lots of data and awesome data analysis.
August: Djamilatous’s paper is resubmitted after revision to Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts
August: Another cruise on the RV Atlantic Explorer completed in the waters around Bermuda. All went well although we left 2 days late because of the passage of hurricane Erin. Managed to find a cruise track that avoided the worse impacts of the hurricane and another tropical storm. Hannah, Jingjing and Olivia will go to the Tudor Hill tower tomorrow to set up the Hg speciation unit.
August: Gunnar’s thesis is accepted and so its Dr. Hansen from now on!!!
August: Rob is a co-PI on a proposal to NSF Chemical oceanography submitted by Yipeng He on dimethylmercury in coastal waters.
July: Rob and Olivia attend the Chemical Oceanography Gordon Research Conference in New Hampshire. Both present posters
July: Anika’s paper on the impact of pea crabs on Hg and MeHg in oysters is accepted for publication in Ecotox. & Environ. Safety. Rob, Jess Brandt and others as co-authors. Congrats on getting it done!