Newsletter-September 2020
The latest news & opportunities from RI C-AIM
Above: RI C-AIM's Dr. Andrew Davies, visiting associate professor of Biology at URI, instructs 2020 SURF student Alek Boving (right), a sophomore at URI, to install sensors on a research buoy earlier this summer. Dr. Davies, who presented for our site visit with NSF on Sept. 3, is currently testing buoy equipment for future launch as part of RI C-AIM's Bay Observatory.
Thank you to RI C-AIM's Site Visit Team!
For the past several months, faculty, staff and students diligently prepared presentations to showcase RI C-AIM research and broader impacts as part of our virtual site visit with a panel from the National Science Foundation. Thank you to all for your hard work and dedication as we push forward into Year 4!
RI C-AIM's
Career Development Program
Time Management
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1-2 p.m.

Metcalf Institute will host a time management workshop featuring Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega, associate professor with the Methods Lab at the American Faculty for Social Sciences in Mexico, to help participants identify effective ways to approach time management. We will discuss challenges facing students and scholars, and Dr. Pacheco-Vega’s framework to help find the right approach for all of our different personalities.

*Satisfies a CDP Certificate requirement*
Meeting the Challenge of Communicating Scientific Uncertainty
Friday, Oct. 16, 9-10:30 a.m.

Dr. Jean Goodwin, distinguished professor of communication and member of the Leadership in Public Science cluster at North Carolina State University, will present a mini-workshop on best practices for navigating the challenges of communicating with public audiences about the inherent uncertainty in research. Participants will be better equipped to handle questions from non-experts, including the press and other researchers.

*Satisfies a CDP Certificate elective*
Student Spotlight
2020 SURFs in the field
In the latest edition of our student newsletter The Breakdown, we profile students from RI C-AIM's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program conducting research this summer. Check it out!

Right: Robin Fidel, a URI undergraduate, is working this summer with Dr. Christopher Reid at Bryant University on biofilm research.
Upcoming Opportunities
Call for Proposals
2021 RI STAC Collaborative Grants

The RI Science and Technology Advisory Council (RI STAC) has opened a call for proposals for it's 2021 Collaborative Research Grants. Supported in participation with RI NSF EPSCoR, eligible submissions should address research questions related to our current grant, RI C-AIM.

Submission Deadlines
Letter of Intent: Friday, Sept. 18, 2020
Full Proposal: Friday, Oct. 16, 2020

Visit RI STAC's webpage for more detailed information.
The Common Thread: A four-part virtual series
Sept. 9-Oct. 7

A collaboration between RISD's Nature Lab, a RI C-AIM core facility, and Southeastern New England Fibershed, The Common Thread virtual series will explore the commonalities within the systems of land, waste, material, and color and how they can intersect with various modes of thought to drive positive change.

Visit the program's page for more information
Picture A Scientist documentary screening
Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 12 & 13

Join 500 Women Scientists for a free virtual screening this weekend of Picture a Scientist that lasts a whole weekend! The documentary paints a nuanced, emotional but unflinching portrait of the struggles women in science have faced in recent decades and challenges audiences of all backgrounds and genders to question their own implicit biases, and move toward change.
The News
Image courtesy Patricia Thibodeau/RISD Nature Lab
Above: A snapshot of Dr. Patricia Thibodeau's 2020 Vis-a-thon project, which visualizes plankton patterns in Narragansett Bay since the 1950s.
More from RI C-AIM's 2020 Vis-a-Thon

With the summer drawing to a close, RI C-AIM postdoctoral fellows Dr. Patricia Thibodeau and Dr. Jongsun Kim finished their 2020 Vis-a-Thon projects. Thibodeau explores the changing habitats of Narragansett Bay's tiniest creatures with Plankton Patterns, while Kim develops three-dimensional visualizations of the bay's biological and physical changes with Narragansett Bay Zonation. If you like those videos, check out our other student projects!
DAC's Mosley-Austin and Martins take on new roles at URI, Bryant
Dr. Alycia Mosley-Austin has been recently named interim Associate Dean of URI's Graduate School, while Dr. Kevin Martins has also been named Assistant Vice-President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Bryant University. Mosley-Austin most recently served as Associate Director of URI's Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program and Assistant Dean for Graduate Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives. She also established URI's Diversity & Inclusion Badge Program. Before taking this new position, Martins served as Director of the PwC Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Bryant. Congratulations and best of luck in your new positions!
Dr. Alycia Mosley-Austin & Dr. Kevin Martins
URI's Timo Kuester
Grad student receives first Career Development Program certificate
Timo Kuester, a doctoral candidate in chemical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, is the first to earn RI C-AIM's Career Development Program certificate. Read more about Timo's experiences in grad school and learning about key issues such as leadership in academia and inclusive science communication. Congrats!
Reid secures first NSF grant for Bryant
RI C-AIM's Dr. Christopher Reid, Associate Professor of Science and Technology, recently received a three-year, $296,275 chemical biology grant to study bacterial cell wall metabolism, the first individual grant awarded to a Bryant faculty member. Read more about Reid's research at Bryant. Good luck with the new award!
Above: Dr. Christopher Reid conducts microbiological research with lab researcher Keyana Roohani at Bryant University.
Don't Forget
NSF Deadlines: Be sure to consult upcoming funding/project due dates for faculty and students alike from the National Science Foundation through their web portal.
Grad Student & Post-Doc Assistance: If you are a graduate student working on RI C-AIM research, be sure to contact our liaison Patricia Thibodeau for questions about programming and opportunities.
C-AIM Newsletter Archive: Looking for info from a past C-AIM newsletter? Check out our archived newsletter page!