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Hiring Search for Academic Professional Associate

The Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia (https://marsci.uga.edu) seeks an Academic Professional Associate with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2023. Located on the main campus in Athens, this is a full-time, non-tenure-track, nine-month faculty position that is part of UGA’s Corps of Instructional faculty. There is a possibility of a summer appointment and stipend based on teaching, service and research interests…


Hiring Search for Faculty Position

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Data-driven Marine Conservation and Sustainability Department of Marine Sciences University of Georgia  The University of Georgia (UGA) is hiring seven tenure-track faculty in Environmental Artificial Intelligence (AI) through a Presidential Faculty Hiring Initiative with four positions that started in Fall 2022, and three positions to start in August 2023. The faculty positions are…

Holly Bik stands smiling backed by a beach sunset in a pink and white blouse.
Marine sciences professor receives NSF CAREER award

By: Alan Flurry Holly Bik, assistant professor in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Science department of marine sciences with a joint appointment in UGA’s Institute of Bioinformatics, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) to study the biodiversity, evolution, and ecology of free-living marine nematodes and their host-associated microbiomes. The…

A Skidaway Institute glider named “Angus” begins a mission. Photo credit: Kim Donoghue
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists use high-tech tools to track fish migrations

Savannah, Ga. – University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Catherine Edwards is participating in a collaborative project that will track the migration patterns of important fish species using artificial intelligence and a fleet of underwater robots. The project is a joint effort among UGA Skidaway Institute, Georgia Tech, Michigan State University, Wright State University and Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. The…

Chris Marsay during a 2015 expedition to the North Pole.
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists prepare for groundbreaking Arctic expedition

Savannah, Ga. –UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay will spend much of the coming winter on board an ice breaker frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay, working with fellow UGA Skidaway Institute researcher Clifton Buck, is part of a major international research project named Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate or “MOSAiC.” The plan is to sail the German ice breaker Research Vessel…

Air Temperature Change Illustration
Greenland is in trouble this week and the ocean is going to feel the impact.

This past week, the surface of Greenland warmed above the freezing point to the greatest extent since the extreme meltwater event in 2012. Ice sheet melting contributes to sea level rise and threatens our coastlines here in Georgia. If all the ice on Greenland were to melt, it would raise sea level about 20 feet. The 2012 event on Greenland created a huge flood of the Watson River, and a meltwater discharge to the ocean that flowed out to the…
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