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Philanthropic Educational Organization scholarship supports Michelle Maier’s research into describing how environmental variables influence microscopic biological communities in river ecosystems.

Nabil Abdel Jabbar, Ph.D. spent his sabbatical working closely with several scientists to better understand the computational models and observation network developed by CMOP.

Scientists study the biogeochemical exchange between three bays and the Columbia River estuary to gain scientific insight of how metabolic processes affect the overall health of the estuarine ecosystem.

OHSU's 2012 Technology Innovation Awards recognized the Software for Reduced-Dimension Data Assimilation system for its ability to use fast model surrogates to enable ensemble methods for data assimilation in very high-dimensional models like weather and oceanographic currents.

Rachel Golda is the recipient of the Robert E. Malouf Marine Studies Scholarship, awarded annually to a graduate student of an Oregon University System institution to support work that is compatible with the mission of Oregon Sea Grant.
 

CMOP has equipped a kayak with aquatic sensors to observe and collect biological information in difficult to reach areas in an estuary.

Three students were recently awarded fellowships and two others have been accepted into a highly competitive summer course.

Scientists from the Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction (CMOP) lead the first research cruise aboard Oregon State University’s newly acquired research vessel the R/V Oceanus.
 

CMOP has recently appointed Clara Llebot to the position of post-doctoral researcher for modeling to design a biogeochemical model of the Columbia River estuary.
 

Leslie Slasor, a masters  student in OHSU’s Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, won a Certificate of Merit for her poster titled “A Spectral Fluorescence Study of Crude Oil Degradation.”