Aquatic Organic Geochemistry

Rick and Jaqui are gearing up to participate in a cruise to New Zealand’s Kermadec Arc.  The cruise is a teaching partnership between the UW School of Oceanography and New Zealand’s Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS).  We will be working with Cornel de Ronde and his group, which coincidentally includes Heidi Berkenbosch, UW SOO class of 2006 [...]

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Rick had the pleasure of meeting up with Dr. Dan Donato, class of 1997 and former AOG member, for dinner and beers.  Dan is transitioning from his PhD at Oregon State University to a new postdoctoral appointment with the US Forest Service.  You may remember Dan from such amazing AOG events as the FirstFriday debacle [...]

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Our citizen-action program SoundCitizen was officially launched on Saturday November 22nd.  In cooperation with COSEE-OLC, Sea Grant, and the Seattle Aquarium, we now have more than 200 chemical sampling kits in the hands of everyday citizens.  Check out the program – Soundcitizen.org

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images from leg 1:  Rick, Cheryl, Kelsey P, Christine, Julie, Mitch, Miles, Shayma and Ray
Sixteen days at sea aboard the RV Barnes.  Maybe that is a little too long.  Thanks from Rick to Miles, Cheryl, Kelsey, Kelsey, Julie, Mitch, Christine, Brandon, Esther, Shayma and Ray for making the cruise a success.  All our samples were [...]

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  Rick and Liana just returned from the meeting in Fortaleza Brasil.  Rick met with old friends and colleagues, including Carlos and Thorsten.  Congratulations to Thorsten on his new job in Bremen, Germany.  Check out the photos.    http://www.cbo2008.com/

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Rick has been named the first Richard H. Fleming Fellow in the School of Oceanography.    Richard Fleming was the director of the School when it established the world’s first undergraduate degree in Oceanography in 1951, and he valued strongly the importance of our undergraduate program. The Fleming Endowment honors Richard Fleming’s vision for quality undergraduate [...]

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 So, we are giving talks about spices pretty regularly now.  Usually it is Rick or Kimberly.  On Wednesday May 28th Jaqui, Brittany and Rick visited a local elementary school and gave three simultaneous spices talks to three 5th grade classes.  Despite the intimidation factor of 11-year olds, we survived and perhaps even thrived.  The student clapped [...]

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Gas Cylinder 2314, a constant (if silent) companion in the lab since 1994, was discovered alone and empty over in the corner.   Rick said goodbye but it did not reply.  Cylinder 2314 arrived in the lab the year before Rick became an Assistsant Professor, back in the days when he was a PostDoc. 

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We lost a sediment trap last night.  Accidents happen, nobody hurt.  Rick wrote a poem, which is on the class web blog http://courses.washington.edu/ocean444/2008/blog/march21/
Services will be held tonight on the aft deck.  Bring a candle for the vigil.

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