[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 571-572]
[From the U.S. 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 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

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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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