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

A research seminar presented by UNC-CH Department of Marine Sciences graduate student, Andrew Hyde. Title: Life in the gradient: Investigating the changing microbial community in the Orca Basin chemocline Abstract: Orca Basin is an anoxic hypersaline pool in the seabed of the Gulf of … Read more

An interdisciplinary seminar presented by UNC IMS Graduate Student, Charlie Deaton. Seminar Title: Bistability and resilience in coupled bio-geomorphic coastal systems Abstract: Many coastal ecosystems, such as dunes, salt marshes, and seagrass beds, exist due to biological-geologic feedbacks that result in highly dynamic, … Read more

An interdisciplinary seminar presented by Univertisy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences Graduate Student, Rob Lampe on Phytoplankton Thin Layers.

UNC Marine Sciences’ Post-Doc Sarah Davies hosts a seminar on Coral Physiology presented by Constance Rogers-Lowery, Ph.D. of Catawba College. The seminar title is: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Early Life Stages of Coral.

UNC Marine Sciences’ Professor and Department Chairman Harvey Seim hosts a seminar presented by Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Sea-level rise hot spots along the U.S. Atlantic coast Presenter Affiliation: University of Florida, Civil and Coastal Engineering Department Summary: Sea-level rise … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Assistant Professor Karl Castillo hosts a seminar presented by Dustin Kemp, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Modern challenges for coral reefs: Functional traits and genetic diversity of Indo-Pacific and Caribbean coral Presenter Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Associate Professor Marc Alperin hosts a seminar presented by Suzanna Brauer, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Flipping the switch: Peatland warming triggers accelerated carbon degradation, altered methane dynamics, and reverse ecological succession Presenter Affiliation: Appalachian State University Summary: Peatlands harbor … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Distinguished Professor Chris Martens hosts a seminar presented by David J. DeMaster, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Climate Change in High Latitudes: Benthic Responses and Labile Carbon Inventories under Collapsed Ice Shelves Presenter Affiliation: Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Assistant Professor Alecia Septer hosts a seminar presented by Eva Kanso, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Ciliary flows actively filter symbiotic bacteria Presenter Affiliation: University of Southern California, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Summary: Our understanding of ciliary activity … Read more