By: MC Cicenia June 18, 2026 I attended the 2026 EPSCoR Annual Summit in New Orleans this past May with fellow SIMCoast team members Vinka Oyanedel-Craver (Co-PI at University of Rhode Island, Inter-Theme Co-lead) and Anabela Maia (Co-PI at Rhode Island College, Research Theme 3 Co-lead). At the time, I was wrapping up the first year of my PhD at the University of Rhode Island. My SIMCoast research project is focused on quantifying microplastics in water and sediment within t

March 17, 2026 The SIMCoast team recently participated in the 2026 Micro and Nanoscale Plastics (MNP) Workshop in Mobile, Alabama, hosted by the Gulf Coast Center for Addressing Microplastics Pollution (GC-CAMP) and sponsored by NSF ESPCoR. Dan Roxbury discussing NMP research with other workshop participants (Credit: Shenghua Wu) GC-CAMP highlighted its work on MNP sampling and characterization, along with complementary education and outreach efforts developed in partnership