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Wednesday, July 20, 2005 Director's Prize Awarded to Physical Oceanography Graduate Student Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego Benjamin Hodges, a graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has been selected as the winner of the 2005 Edward A. Frieman Prize, an annual recognition of excellence in graduate student research. The award ceremony will be held on Friday, July 22, at 3 p.m. at the Scripps Library. The 10th recipient of the Frieman Prize, Hodges is being honored for his research paper, "Simple models of steady deep maxima in chlorophyll and biomass," which was published in the August 2004 issue of Deep Sea Research Part I. It was coauthored by Hodges' advisor, Scripps professor of oceanography Daniel Rudnick. The Frieman Prize was established in 1996 to celebrate the 70th birthday of Scripps Institution's eighth director, Edward A. Frieman, who led Scripps from 1986 to 1996. The prize is awarded annually to a Scripps graduate student who has published an outstanding research paper in the past 12 months, as evaluated by a Scripps faculty committee. Rudnick said that the research paper focused on the biological and physical dynamics governing the location and strength of deep chlorophyll. "This paper is an excellent example of interdisciplinary research," he said. "Ben has taken the point of view of a physicist in creating models, with an emphasis towards simplicity, and applied them to an admittedly complicated ecological problem. Recognizing this paper with the Frieman Prize signals an appreciation for the interdisciplinary research that is a major part of Scripps Institution's future." Hodges, who is completing his fifth year of graduate studies at Scripps, received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley. # # # Note to broadcast and cable producers: University of California, San Diego provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. Please phone or e-mail the media contact listed above to arrange an interview. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. The National Research Council has ranked Scripps first in faculty quality among oceanography programs nationwide Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today in 65 countries. The institution has a staff of about 1,300, and annual expenditures of approximately $155 million from federal, state and private sources. Scripps operates one of the largest U.S. academic fleets with four oceanographic research ships and one research platform for worldwide exploration. |
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