Dick Ou, Physical Oceanography Associate Program Director, has left to go back to the academic community at Lamont Doherty in New York.

Steve Meacham from Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER) in Cambridge, MA came to work in the Physical Oceanography Program as a visiting scientist for one year. His research includes large-scale ocean variability and predictability.

Dave Kadko has joined the Chemical Oceanography Program as an Associate Program Director/Interim Program Associate. Dave comes from the University of Miami, RSMAS in the Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry Department. He studies isotopic tracers of ocean processes.

Kandy Binkley is our new Science Assistant/Assistant Program Director working with Mike Reeve in the Ocean Sciences Research Section. She recently received her Masters in Technical Management at Johns Hopkins University.She previously worked at Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.

Beth Day is a new Sea Grant Fellow specializing in marine education. She is receiving her Ph.D. in Marine Science at the University of South Carolina. She will be working with the Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC) Program.

Alison Sipe, is also a new Sea Grant Fellow, who recently received her Masters in Marine Studies at the University of Delaware. She studied the symbiotic biology of shipworms and their cellulolytic bacteria. She will be working with the Biological Program.

Natasha Gray joined the Division as a Science Assistant and is working with both the Biological and the Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC) Programs. She was previously at the National Museum of Natural History.

Veronica Marjerison is the new clerk in the front office of the Division. She previously worked for a software company in Falls Church, VA.

Meechi Hawkins is a STEP (Student Temporary Employment Program) student who helps out with various tasks in the Division. She is a junior at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, MD.