[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E40-E41]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF ROBERT ROSENBAUER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 10, 2017

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Robert ``Bob'' 
Rosenbauer, a

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geochemist who joined the USGS in Menlo Park, California, in 1974. He 
was part of what was then known as the Branch of Pacific and Arctic 
Marine Geology. He soon established the USGS rock/water/gas interaction 
laboratory and worked on theoretical and experimental studies of 
submarine hydrothermal, volcanic, and geothermal systems for more than 
22 years.
   In 1996, Bob Rosenbauer developed a laboratory to help understand 
natural and human-induced stresses on the environment. His diverse 
research interests include the use of signature lipid biomarkers and 
stable isotopes to study nearshore ecosystem processes, changes in 
microbial diversity in marine sediment linked to contaminants, and the 
paleo-occurrence of hypoxia in deltaic systems.
   He led efforts to assess the risk of contaminated floodwater 
sediment to human and ecosystem health in the aftermath of Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita, and the potential environmental and human-health 
impacts of the mud volcano in East Java at Sidoarjo. He participated in 
studies on saline encroachment in the Los Angeles Basin and on 
hydrocarbon occurrence along the California coast and in the Monterey 
Bay National Marine Sanctuary. He led the effort to chemically 
fingerprint and determine the persistence and degradation pathways of 
oil from recent spills in San Francisco Bay from the merchant vessel 
Cosco Busan and in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon 
explosion.
   Bob Rosenbauer led studies on the experimental investigation, 
theoretical modeling, and environmental impacts of CO2 sequestration in 
geologic formations with colleagues from the national and international 
scientific community. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 
peer-reviewed scientific publications. On September 26, 2011, Bob 
Rosenbauer was named the new Director of the USGS Pacific Coastal and 
Marine Science Center (PCMSC) in Santa Cruz, California.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Bob 
Rosenbauer who has devoted more than four decades of his life to 
science, improving our understanding of our environment and making our 
country stronger. After giving his entire career in service to science 
and our nation, Bob Rosenbauer retired from the United States 
Geological Survey on January 3, 2017. He will be honored, together with 
his wife Terri, on January 15, 2017. Let the entire House of 
Representatives wish him every blessing in his well deserved 
retirement.

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