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WHOI scientists recognized for outstanding achievement

Roughead-letter

Commendation from U.S. Chief of Naval Research

November 28, 2011

NOVEMBER 28, 2011 Commendation for R/V Atlantis‘s rescue at sea of 93 Egyptians off the coast of Greece on November 25, 2011. » WHOI statement

Kakani Katija

Emerging Explorers Award to WHOI’s Kakani Katija

May 19, 2011

Kakani Katija, a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has been selected as one of 14 National Geographic Emerging Explorers for 2011 for her investigation into the role swimming animals might play in mixing and moving the oceans and other large bodies of water.

Ranks No. 2

WHOI Ranks No. 2 in Top Ten Places for Postdocs to Work

March 1, 2011

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ranked second of the ten best places to work for postdoctoral researchers, according to a 2011 survey by the magazine The Scientist. The rankings included 76 US institutions.

Hal Caswell

Hal Caswell Wins Humboldt Research Award

February 1, 2011

Hal Caswell, a senior scientist in the Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), was awarded a 2010 Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn,…

Avery and Doney

WHOI’s Avery, Doney Selected AAAS Fellows

January 11, 2011

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) President and Director Susan K. Avery and Senior Scientist Scott C. Doney have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Amy Bower

WHOI’s Amy Bower Wins Unsung Heroine Award

May 18, 2010

Inspiration can come from unexpected sources. For Amy Bower, a physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), it was triggered by a mundane-sounding requirement entitled ?Criterion 2,? part of a standard research grant proposal to the National Science Foundation in 2004.

Sam Laney

Sam Laney Receives NASA New Investigator Award

May 5, 2010

0MAY 5, 2010 Sam Laney, an assistant scientist in the Biology Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), received a 2009 New Investigator Award from NASA’s Earth Science Division.…

WHOI Receives $8.1 Million Grant to Construct New Laboratory

January 13, 2010

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will receive $8.1 million from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to construct the Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and…

Bruce Warren

WHOI’s Bruce A. Warren Is Awarded Sverdrup Gold Medal

November 19, 2009

Bruce A. Warren?one of the world?s pre-eminent researchers of deep ocean currents and scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)?is the 2010 winner of the prestigious Sverdrup Gold Medal, awarded by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

Toole

John Toole Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 21, 2009

John Toole of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most esteemed honorary societies…