UNC Marine Sciences’ Distinguished Professor Christopher Martens hosts a seminar presented by Joel Fodrie, Ph.D. Presenter Affiliation: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences Title: Has warming, oiling, and fishing fundamentally altered coastal ecosystems in the northern Gulf of Mexico? Abstract: The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Assistant Professor Alecia Septer hosts a seminar presented by Brett Froelich, Ph.D. Presenter Affiliation: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences Presenter Discipline: Microbial physiology Seminar Title: The Tripartite lifestyle of Vibrio vulnificus Summary: The marine bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, is found in estuarine and … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Associate Professor Alberto Scotti hosts a seminar presented by Xiao Yu, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Two-phase approach for sediment transport Presenter Affiliation: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences Summary: Sediment transport by turbulent flow occurs widely in nature and the modelling … Read more

UNC Marince Sciences PhD candidate David Marshall gives his proposal defense titled: Turbulent mixing, circulation and salt transport in a strongly stratified, microtidal, wind-driven estuary.

The Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Ian Kroll will be presented at UNC IMS (Institute of Marine Science) seminar room 222 in Morehead City – NC, and streamed to Murray Hall, room 3204 of the Marine Sciences Department, UNC at Chapel … Read more

Hurricane Preparation, Down to a Science by Kathleen Onorevole, UNC Marine Sciences M.S. student in Dr. Michael Piehler’s lab (Kathleen also contributes to the UNC Marine Sciences graduate student blog: underthecblog.org) As Hurricane Matthew spins toward North Carolina, most UNC employees … Read more

Spring Newsletter – Spotlight: Megan Schutt and Joel Fodrie Megan Schutt Seim Lab, M.S. Candidate What made you decide to study marine sciences? I studied engineering for my undergraduate degree. I joined this marine science department because of the NC … Read more