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.

Carter Smith, a researcher at UNC Institute of Marine Sciences spoke to WNCT about how utilizing living shorelines prevent coastal erosion. On May 17th, 2016 WNCT’s Pierce Legeion spoke with Carter Smith about how recent research indicates that installation of living habitats along … Read more

An interdisciplinary seminar presented by UNC IMS Graduate Student, Greg Sorg. Seminar Title: Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost: Use of Chemical and Acoustic Cues to Navigate Estuarine Environments Abstract: The estuarine environment provides primary habitats, nurseries, and/or foraging grounds for … Read more

Dr. Arnosti is doing the English translation for the group’s posts, you can keep up with Dr. Arnosti’s research on the BacGeoPac research cruise blog. The scientists aboard the research vessel Sonne will be in the middle of the Central … 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