Lamont Weekly Report – October 7, 2005

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

- Recent Grant Awards

- Recent New Hires

- Letter from the Director
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<>RECENT GRANT AWARDS

August 1 - 30, 2005

Broecker, W.S., M. Kelly, J. Schaefer, S. Barker - Extent and Timing of Late-Glacial and Holocene Paleoglaciations Near the Cordillera Vilcanota and Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, Comer Science and Education Foundation.

Zebiak, S., - The International Research Institute for Climate Prediction 2005-2010, NOAA.

Houghton, R., - Acoustic Measurement of Turbulence off the Mouth of the Colombia River, Ohio State Univ.

Lehnert, K., Goldstein, S. - SEDB: An Online Information for Sediment Geochemistry, NSF.

Anderson, R.N., D. Waltz - Phase 2: Columbia Decision Support System for the MECC by the Summer of 2005, Con Ed.

Mutter, J., - 3-D Seismic Reflection Imaging: A New Opportunity for Marine Geoscience Research, NSF.

Weissel, J., C. Stark, C. Small - China Dust: Environmental Base Line Identification: Remote Sensing Task, D'APPOLONIAS.P.A

Kelemen, P., - Collaborative Research: Primitive Magmatism and Crustal Genesis in an Island Arc, NSF.

McGillis, W., - 2005 Solas Summer School, NSF.

McGillis, W., - 2005 Solas Summer School, NOAA.

Schaff, D., Waldhauser, F., - Improving Magnitude Detection Threshold

Using Multi-station, Multi-event and Multi-phase Methods, National Nuclear Security Administration.

Lerner-Lam, A., D. Bach, Comparative Multi-hazard Risk, Mapping for Central America and the Caribbean, NASA.

<>RECENT NEW HIRES

8/1 - 9/30/05

Bartolome, Roxana
8/10/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Bhojwani, Haresh
8/1/05
International Development Officer
IRI


Fitzpatrick, Philip
8/29/05
Systems & Network Analyst/Programmer
Computer Operations/Administration

Hellmuth, Molly
8/15/05
Associate Research Scientist
IRI

Kidd, Amelia
8/20/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Masoian, Julie
8/8/05
Assistant Manager Human Resources
Administration

Peluso, Michael
8/10/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Pisoni, Laura
8/30/05
Casual
CIESIN

Schmidt, Val
8/12/05
Casual
Marine Biology & Geophysics

Balanoff, Amy
9/1/05
Research Fellow
Earth & Environmental Sciences

Blasone, Danielle
9/6/05
Accountant
Administration

Dinku, Tufa
9/1/05
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
IRI

Madof, Andrew
9/1/05
Research Fellow
Earth & Environmental Sciences

Pagliaroli, Linda
9/1/05
Office Assistant
CIESIN

Pujiana, Kandaga
9/1/05
Research Fellow
Earth & Environmental Sciences

Searle, Stephanie
9/9/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Smith, Allison
9/26/05
Casual
CIESIN

Song. Lulian
9/8/05
Systems Analyst Programmer
IRI

Spaulding, Michelle
9/1/05
Research Fellow
Earth & Environmental Sciences

Van Tongeren, Jill
9/1/05
Research Fellow
Earth & Environmental Sciences

Wall, Anna
9/1/05
Research Fellow
Earth & Environmental Sciences


<>RECENT B&G PROJECTS


<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

I was remiss last week in not reporting to you that the EWING sailed from Quonsett Point, Rhode Island on Friday, 30th September at about 1300. The ship has Norwegian owners, will be registered in Norway, and the new name is SCAN Resolution - a proud ship that many of us will remember fondly for many years to come.

We had a very successful dinner for our FOLD (Friends of Lamont Doherty) members on Friday night - Klaus Jacob kept everyone intrigued and entertained with a magnificent presentation on tsunamis and hurricanes - topics that resonate very effectively with constituents in the general public for some reason.

Open House on Saturday was another resounding success - although the total number of attendees was less than last year (because of conflicting local events), the tents were all crowded and I heard nothing but unqualified praise for all our activities. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen - it was, yet again, a magnificent tribute to the quality of the work we do here. It was a
very busy day - in addition to a well-attended meeting of the LDEO Alumni Association Board there were several good meetings with potential donors.

I was in DC the first three days of this week at Board meetings of JOI and CORE. Progress towards the merger of these two organizations continues positively. Although the funding for ocean sciences from our traditional sponsors continues to be a significant cause for concern, there is much activity among the federal agencies, responding to recommendations in the Ocean Commission report by creating a new White House level coordinating group (led by CEQ). Basic research priorities are, however, buried among a substantial list of policy-oriented priorities that this group has to tackle. But
at least there is a White House-mandated cabinet level group charged to worry about the oceans. Maybe something good will come out of it. Ocean observing remains the most visible activity that gets
the attention of the policy makers and has potential impact on us.

Forgetting (again) that Columbia University does not recognize Columbus Day (this coming Monday) as a holiday, I had some time ago arranged a long weekend starting tonight - which explains the sudden deterioration in the weather.

Have a good weekend anyway - I will be back in town on Monday night.



- Mike

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