Life after IAN: PhD graduate Ben Fertig begins fatherhood as a postdoc at Rutgers University

Isaac FertigThe New Year brings new adventures for Ben Fertig - with a new baby (Isaac Solomon, 3 1/2 months), new degree, and new job! Ben will be moving on to Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences as a postdoctoral associate with Michael Kennish. At Rutgers, Ben will be employing 'Integration' and 'Application' skills learned at IAN by compiling and synthesizing available datasets to develop biotic, benthic, and ecosystem health indices for New Jersey's coastal bays and coastal ocean. This opportunity will continue to poise Ben for communicating broadly with scientists and environmental managers at federal and state levels. Timely and relevant, this particular postdoc enables Ben to adapt IAN's bioindicator development, ecosystem health assessment, and report cards. The 2 year postdoc starts Jan 10, 2011. So long and thanks for all the oysters! (Apologies to Douglas Adams.)