Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences

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The Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) focuses on marine science-related education and research.

IMCS was founded in 1993 on the Cook Campus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

IMCS is the home of LEO-15, more formally known as the Long-term Ecosystem Observatory.

IMCS faculty Rich Lutz and Peter Rona were science director's for the IMAX film Volcanoes of the Deep Sea which was co-produced by Rutgers University.

The Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences was founded on the Cook Campus at Rutgers University in 1993 with Dr. Fred Grassle as its first director. In February 2011, Richard Lutz was named Director of IMCS, succeeding Fransisco E.

Werner. Two months later, IMCS was named the fourth top oceanographic institution in the world, based on a Reuters survey of paper citations since 2000 and impact on the marine sciences.

At the time, Lutz quoted This is huge. We've gone from not being on the map 25 years, to 10th in the nation in 10 years according to the National Science Foundation ... and now we're fourth in the world.