Message from the Director |
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Spring: what an amazingly beautiful time of year. In preparation for a busy time of decision-making, planning, and engagement GOMO spent the last few months developing an inaugural Accomplishments Report for 2023 that beautifully conveys the scope and breadth of GOMO-supported activities (shout out to Jessica Mkitarian and Jesse Gwinn for their leadership!). Many thanks to our partners who completed much of the work represented in the Report.
We are in the midst of finalizing our FY24 financial award decisions. We are grateful for a level budget from FY23. However, costs for critical observing sensors, equipment, labor, and ship-time (which have exceeded $2M for the first time) are up everywhere. While we have limited ability to address all needs, we are taking steps each year to minimize any reductions to our awards that support critical parts of the global ocean observing system. The good news is that ocean observing needs continue to be on the minds of NOAA leadership and Congress. For example, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is enabling GOMO to increase support in select areas and/or recapitalize select assets.
Finally, I am very pleased to note the addition of two new Knauss Fellows this year. We are also celebrating the tenure of Ms Claudia Rojo, who has been a bedrock of GOMO finances for more than a decade. She is moving on to a new opportunity in NOAA: All the best Claudia in your exciting future!
David Legler
GOMO Director |
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Upcoming Events & Important Dates |
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• NOAA Enterprise Data Management Workshop: May 13-17 | Remote. The theme this year is "Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Seamless Data Flow from Acquisition to Access." This will be a great opportunity to get people together, share best practices, lessons learned, and future initiatives. For questions, email the planning team: edmw.planning.team@noaa.gov.
• MTS Buoy Workshop: May 20-23 | Sequim, WA
• Capitol Hill Ocean Week: June 4-6 | Washington, D.C. |
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GOMO Welcomes New Administrative Officer, Tonya Young
Tonya Young joined GOMO as the program's first Administrative Officer this year. Tonya brings a wealth of institutional knowledge, with previous experience at NOAA NESDIS STAR as the Administrative Officer/Human Resources for seven years. Prior to joining NOAA, Tonya worked at The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General as an Administrative Officer primarily responsible for Budget and Human Resources. Tonya has also worked at The Department of Homeland Security, and The Department of Defense. Welcome, Tonya!
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GOMO Welcomes New Web Developer, Melissa Hiatt
Melissa Hiatt is a Web Developer supporting both NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program and Ocean Acidification Program. She has extensive experience in full-stack web development, UI/UX design, graphic design, advertising, and marketing. Melissa has worked with a diverse array of clients and has focused on nonprofit organizations for over a decade. One of her passions is to bring arts and sciences into the classroom and has volunteered as a STEM and art instructor for elementary school students. Welcome, Melissa!
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Meet GOMO's New Knauss Fellows, Allison Lepp and Kyla Kelly
Following our annual tradition of hosting Sea Grant Knauss Fellows, this February the GOMO program welcomed Allison (Alie) Lepp and Kyla Kelly! Alie comes to GOMO from Virginia Sea Grant and is supporting the Arctic Research and Communications portfolios. Kyla is from the University of Southern California Sea Grant and is supporting GOMO’s Ocean Carbon portfolio. Alie and Kyla are the 15th and 16th Knauss Fellows that the GOMO office has hosted since 2005! Learn more about how they each came to Knauss and GOMO by reading their interviews!
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Farewell to GOMO's Budget Analyst, Claudia Rojo
At the end of April, GOMO's long time Budget Analyst, Claudia Rojo will move on to a new position within NOAA. Claudia has been with GOMO for more than a decade (since before it was called GOMO!) and has provided incomparable leadership, knowledge, and shepherded GOMO through new financial system changes and challenges with success. Her expertise in all things financial management has been a tremendous asset to the GOMO program. We will miss her and wish her the best in her new position! |
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Ann-Christine Zinkann Represents GOMO at the Ocean Decade Conference
GOMO Program Manager Ann-Christine Zinkann attended the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, or Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, Spain from April 10-12. Ann co-led the side events Technologies in Sustainable Ocean Observations and Co-Designing Ocean Observing for the Tropics, and she was an invited speaker for the event Building a Strong Scientific Community in Support of a Sustainable Atlantic Ocean where she represented the AtlantOS program.
Even more notably, Ann was an invited panelist representing GOMO and Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) for the Session 3 Conference Panel: Science and Solutions for a Safe and Predicted Ocean. In the room with more than 1500 people, Ann said she sees co-design as "the way forward to having the ocean observing system be more inclusive, purpose driven and impactful." |
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Read more GOMO News. Share your news by contacting our Communications Specialist, jessica.mkitarian@noaa.gov or by submitting through our News Form. |
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ICYMI: In Case You Missed It! |
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GOMO Knauss Fellow, Kyla Kelly, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, titled "Multiple driver experiments to determine physiological and molecular responses of phytoplankton to anthropogenically-altered coastal and open ocean environments", on April 9th at the University of Southern California. Congratulations, Dr. Kelly! |
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Cronin, M.F., Zhang, D., Wills, S.M. et al. Diurnal warming rectification in the tropical Pacific linked to sea surface temperature front. Nat. Geosci. 17, 316–322 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01391-8
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