Past Events


Seminar by Jay Brandes

Jay Brandes (University of Georgia)
May 3, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Jack Oliver

Jack Oliver, (USEPA)
April 26, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 101: Inclusive Engagement Across and Within Identities Seminar

Paris Lawrence, Office of Institutional Diversity (UGA)
April 19, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Aleck Wang

Aleck Wang, (WHOI)
April 12, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Mahdi Razaz

Mahdi Razaz (University of Georgia)
April 5, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Ken Krauss

Ken Krauss, (USGS)
March 29, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Matt Church

Matt Church, Flathead Lake Biological Station (University of Montana)
March 22, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Mary Ann Moran

Mary Ann Moran (University of Georgia)
March 15, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Dawn Wright

Dawn Wright, (ESRI)
March 1, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by TBD

TBD, (TBD)
February 22, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Robin McLachlan

Robin McLachlan, (College of Coastal Georgia)
February 15, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Matt Kenworthy

Matt Kenworthy, (Savannah State University)
February 8, 2021
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar - AGU Practice Talks

November 30, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Heewon Jung

Heewon Jung, (UGA)
November 23, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Brad Davidson

Brad Davidson, (Swarthmore)
November 16, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Harriet Alexander

Harriet Alexander, Biology (WHOI )
November 9, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Bryn Drurham

Bryn Drurham, (University of Florida)
November 2, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Mary Kate Rogener

Mary Kate Rogener, (NOAA)
October 26, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Treda Grayson

Treda Grayson, (EPA)
October 19, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Giulio Mariotti

Giulio Mariotti , (LSU)
October 12, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Cedric Fichot

Cedric Fichot, (BU)
October 5, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Meagan Gonneea

Meagan Gonneea, (USGS)
September 28, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Meredith White

Meredith White, (Mook Sea Farm Hatchery)
September 21, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Seminar by Lu Han

Lu Han, (UNC)
September 14, 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Rose Cory

Seminar- Role of iron in the coupled photochemical and biological oxidation of dissolved organic carbon in arctic surface waters

Rose Cory, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies (University of Michigan)
November 4, 2019
239 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Bill Miller

Seminar- Superoxide: The Gatekeeper for Surface Ocean Redox Reactions

William Miller (University of Georgia)
October 28, 2019
239 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Craig Osenberg

Seminar- Life and Death on a Coral Reef

Craig Osenberg, Department of Ecology (University of Georgia)
October 14, 2019
239 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Andrew Pinsonneault

Seminar- Tidal Wetlands as Transformers of Dissolved Organic Carbon

Andrew Pinsonneault (University of Georgia)
October 7, 2019
239 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Lena Schulze Chretien

Seminar- Getting to the Bottom of things: A new Coastal Bottom Drifter

Lena Schulze Chretien, Marine Science Research Institute (Jacksonville University)
September 30, 2019
239 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Susan Lang

Seminar- The (potential) role of serpentinization in the origin of life, and on the global carbon cycle

Susan Lang, Earth Ocean and Environment (University of South Carolina)
September 23, 2019
239 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Charlotte Garing

Seminar- Fluid flow and fluid-rock interaction in geological formations: Applications to carbon sequestration

Charlotte Garing, Geology Department (University of Georgia)
September 9, 2019
239 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Jessica O'Connell

Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of Spartina alterniflora phenology and belowground biomass

Jessica O'Connell, Department of Marine Sciences (University of Georgia)
April 29, 2019
261 Marine Science Bldg
Mark Hay

Seminar- Curing Environmental Collapse? Challenges and Opportunities due to Ecosystem Tipping Points

Mark Hay, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)
April 22, 2019
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Elizabeth Harvey

Seminar- All microorganisms must die: mechanisms of mortality in the plankton

Elizabeth Harvey (University of Georgia)
April 1, 2019
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Kady Lyons

Seminar- Using Organochlorine Contaminants as a Tool to Examine Ecological Physiology in Three Species of Pelagic Sharks

Kady Lyons, Research Scientist (Georgia Aquarium )
March 18, 2019
Marine Sciences 261
Amy Willis

Seminar- Modeling abundance and diversity of microbiomes

Amy Willis, Department of Biostatistics (University of Washington)
March 4, 2019
TBD
Emanuele Di Lorenzo

Seminar- Ocean Climate Extremes, Social-Ecological Dynamics, and the new OceanVisions Initiative

Emanuele Di Lorenzo, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (Georgia Institute of Technology)
February 11, 2019
Marine Sciences Bldg. room 261
Amanda Frossard

Seminar- Surface-Active Organics in Marine Aerosol Particles

Amanda Frossard, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
February 4, 2019
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Randie Bundy

Seminar- The Impact of Organic Compounds on the Cycling of Trace Metals in the Ocean

Randie Bundy, Department of Chemical Oceanography (University of Washington)
January 28, 2019
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Rogier Braakman

CHALK TALK: Cross-scale Metabolic Evolution of Oceanic Microbes: Linking Cellular Driving Forces to the Emergence of Cross-feeding and Biogeochemical Cycles

Rogier Braakman, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
January 24, 2019
Marine Sciences Bldg. Rm. 261
Rogier Braakman

SEMINAR: Metabolic Evolution and the Self-Organization of the Biosphere

Rogier Braakman, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
January 24, 2019
Marine Sciences Bldg. Rm. 239
Emily Eidam

Seminar- Modeling and predicting sediment dynamics in a heavily used estuary for historic, modern, and future bathymetries

Emily Eidam, Department of Marine Sciences (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
January 14, 2019
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Scott Gifford

Seminar- The Galapagos Marine Microbiome

Scott Gifford, Department of Marine Sciences (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
November 30, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Pia Moisander

Seminar- The Dynamic Microbiome of the Abundant Marine Planktonic Crustaceans, Copepods

Pia Moisander, Department of Microbial Ecology (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
November 12, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Julia Moriarty

Seminar- Sediment transport in coastal systems: Implications for water quality and carbon cycling

Julia Moriarty,
November 5, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
John Kominoski

Seminar- Quantifying biogeochemical changes in coastal ecosystems exposed to vegetation shifts and saltwater intrusion

John Kominoski, Department of Biological Sciences (Florida International University)
October 29, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Samantha Joye

Seminar- A Sea of Change -- Microbial Dynamics After the Macondo Blowout

Samantha B. Joye (University of Georgia)
October 22, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Samantha Joye

Seminar- A Sea of Change -- Microbial Dynamics After the Macondo Blowout

Samantha B. Joye (University of Georgia)
October 1, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Andreas Thurnherr

Seminar- Where Bottom Water Goes to Die

Andreas Thurnherr, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University)
September 24, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Ashley Shade

Seminar- Ecological Dynamics of Wild Microbiomes!

Ashley Shade, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (Michigan State University)
September 20, 2018
404D Biological Sciences Bldg.
Julia Kubanek

Seminar- Ecological Impacts of Chemical Cues in Marine Systems

Julia Kubanek, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry (Georgia Institute of Technology)
September 17, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Karthik Anantharaman

Seminar- Unraveling the Evolutionary Ecology of Microbial Sulfur Metabolism

Karthik Anantharaman, Department of Freshwater and Marine Sciences (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
September 10, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
river basin center

River Basin Center Third Wednesday Symposium

April 18, 2018
203 D.W. Brooks Drive between the School of Ecology and Hardman Hall

PhD Dissertation Defense: "Modeling growth and production dynamics of Spartina alterniflora"

March 28, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
quilts

Quilts Inspired by (Marine) Science

February 26, 2018
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Courtney Thomas

THESIS DEFENSE: COURTNEY THOMAS

November 21, 2017
Marine Science Room 261

Microplastics pollution focus of Evening @ Skidaway Nov. 16

November 16, 2017
McGowan Library
urakawa

Aquatic ecology in Southwest Florida

Hidetoshi Urakawa, Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences (Florida Gulf Coast University)
November 13, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Eric Stabb

Sensing more than a quorum: what are bacteria saying about their hosts?

Eric Stabb, Microbiology (University of Georgia)
November 6, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Joel Lab

The Sphagnum Phytobiome: A Team of Ecosystem Engineers in Resource Limited Peatlands

Joel Kostka, Microbial Ecology (Georgia Institute of Technology)
October 30, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Amanda Frossard

Investigating the chemistry of marine aerosol particles and their influence on clouds

Amanda Frossard, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
October 26, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Newell

Nitrogen Cycling in Eutrophic systems

Silvia Newell, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Wright State University)
October 16, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Photochemistry and the dissolved organic carbon cycle in the global ocean

William Miller (University of Georgia)
October 2, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Gipsi

The Ocean Microbial-Environmental Interactome

Gipsi Lima- Mendez, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology (University of Leuven (Belgium))
September 26, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Marine polyphosphate: Linking the global phosphorus cycle over modern and geologic timescales

September 25, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)

Luís Felipe Niencheski, Instituto de Oceanografia (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande)
September 18, 2017
260 Marine Science Bldg

Dynamics of ammonia oxidizing Archaea in the South Atlantic Bight

August 28, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
jose gonzalez

A genomic view of Flavobacteria and their role in the bacterioplankton of the oceans

José M. González, Departamento de Microbiología (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
August 23, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Georgia Sea Grant 2017 Research Symposium

June 1, 2017
The Graduate Hotel

Amazon Shelf Sedimentary Environments

Alberto Figueiredo, Depto. de Geologia - LAGEMAR (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
May 8, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Developing Acoustic Instruments for Measuring Flow velocity and Sediment Concentration in Rivers and Coastal Waters

April 17, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Jenn

A modern marine microbial mat with no sulfur cycle

Jenn Macaladay, Department of Geosciences (Pennsylvania State University)
April 3, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Phoebe Lam

Surprises in iron cycling at the Peru margin

Phoebe Lam, PBSci-Ocean Sciences Department, Institute of Marine Sciences (University of California Santa Cruz)
March 27, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
wagner

Compositional variations in dissolved organic matter and black carbon across hydrologic and aquatic gradients

March 20, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Nutrients influence the thermal ecophysiology of an intertidal macroalga: Multiple stressors or multiple drivers?

Nick Colvard,
March 13, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Estimating diapycnal mixing in the ocean: How close are we?

Clifton Brock Woodson (University of Georgia)
February 27, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Kendra Daly

A Dynamic Ice-Covered Ecosystem: McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Kendra Daly, Biological Oceanography (University of South Florida)
February 20, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Making sense of uncertainty: values and evidence in complex decision-making

Mona Behl, Georgia Sea Grant (University of Georgia)
February 15, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
angelini

Secondary foundation species as drivers of coastal ecosystem structure, resilience and restoration success

Christine Angelini, Environmental Engineering (University of Florida)
February 13, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.

Numerical modeling of multiphase plumes and their applications: 1) Lagrangian integral near field plumes and 2) Lagrangian far field plumes

January 30, 2017
261 Marine Science Bldg.
Aaron Wright

Functional Characterization of Vitamin Transport and Metabolism in Microbes

Dr. Aaron Wright, Biological Sciences (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
December 8, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg., rm 261

Using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic observations to test a thermodynamic-based model of community metabolic expression over time and space

Joe Vallino, Marine Biological Laboratory (The Ecosystems Center- Woods Hole, MA)
November 30, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg., rm 261

Oil in Deep Water: The Gulf's Response to the BP Oil Spill

Samantha B. Joye (University of Georgia)
September 15, 2016
Little Kings, 233 W. Hancock, Athens
Castillo

Seminar: Response of corals to ocean warming and acidification across reef environments in the western Caribbean Sea

Dr. Karl D. Castillo, Marine Sciences Department (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
April 4, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg., rm 261

Ecology - Marine Sciences seminar: Exploring the spatial and temporal variability of coastal ecosystem nitrogen cycling

Dr. Robinson W. Fulweiler, Department of Biology (Boston University)
March 22, 2016
201 Ecology Auditorium

Seminar - Dr. Scott Gifford: The Expanding Role of Methylotrophs in the Marine Carbon Cycle

Dr. Scott Gifford, Marine Sciences (UNC)
March 14, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg.
Stan

Seminar: Iron is complexed with humic substances in the Atlantic ocean (note special date)

Dr. Stan Van Den Berg, School of Environmental Sciences (University of Liverpool)
February 19, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg., rm 261

Student seminars, part III

February 15, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg., rm 261

Student seminars

February 8, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg., rm 261
Kranz

Seminar: Phytoplankton in a changing world: From cellular processes to global impact

Dr. Sven Kranz, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (Florida State University)
February 1, 2016
Marine Sciences Bldg., rm 261

Graduate Student Recruitment 2016

January 21, 2016
UGA Marine Sciences

Seminar: Microbial communities in the Gulf of Mexico- from the Mississippi River to the open ocean

Dr. Olivia Mason, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (Florida State University)
November 16, 2015
Marine Sciences Bldg.

Thesis Defense - "Influences of cell growth rate and cellular structures on molecular stable carbon isotopic composition of planktonic fatty acids"

November 9, 2015
261 Marine Sciences

Dissertation Defense - "A Tale of Two Scales: Insights into the impacts of benthic fauna on nutrient cycling"

November 5, 2015
261 Marine Sciences

Student seminars

November 2, 2015
Marine Sciences building, rm. 261

Seminar: Role of Iron in the Remineralization of Carbon in Continental Margin Sediments

October 26, 2015
Marine Sciences Rm 261

Seminar: Antarctic Density Stratification and the Strength of the Circumpolar Current during the Last Glacial Maximum

October 12, 2015
Marine Sciences Rm 261

Seminar: Microbial marker genes, and metagenomes: Tales of subtle nucleotide variation

August 24, 2015
Marine Sciences Rm 261

Seminar: Vegetation and phytoplankton patterns in coastal ecosystems revealed with remote sensing and survey-based classification algorithms

August 6, 2015
Marine Sciences Rm 261

Thesis Defense: Drivers of Groundwater Flow at a Back Barrier Island - Marsh Transect in Coastal Georgia

Christof Meile (University of Georgia)
June 19, 2015
Marine Sciences Rm 261

Cao Fang dissertation defense

April 20, 2015
Marine Sciences Bldg, Room 261

Seminar: Application of Biomarkers and Compound Specific Stable Isotopes for the Assessment of Hydrology as a Driver of Organic Matter Dynamics in the Everglades Ecosystem - Postponed

April 20, 2015
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Baoshan Chen's dissertation defenses

April 20, 2015
Room 261, Marine Sciences Bldg

Seminar: Model investigation of interannual variability of the Labrador Sea and of fate of freshwater from Greenland ice sheet melting

April 16, 2015
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Insights into phytoplankton evolution and ecology through environmental genomics: individual genes to community transcriptomics

April 6, 2015
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Life in the deep shale biosphere: What goes down, may come up

March 30, 2015
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: What are those "wiggles" in storm surges?

February 4, 2015
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Nitrate reduction in cold seep habitats along the Gulf of Mexico deep slope

December 8, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Control of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) metabolism in the roseobacter Ruegeria pomeroyi

December 1, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Microbial C- and Fe-cycling in the naturally iron fertilized Southern Ocean off Kerguelen Island (KEOPS2)

November 24, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Methane in the Baltic Sea: Potential impacts of eutrophication and climate change

November 17, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Dissertation Defense Seminar: The Influence of Environmental Factors Including Reactive Oxygen Species on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Marine Thaumarchaeota

November 14, 2014
Biological Sciences Building Room 404D

Dissertation Defense Seminar: Insights into the Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Ocean Microbes Revealed through Transcriptomics of Bacterial-Phytoplankton Model Systems

November 14, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Dissertation Defense Seminar: Probing the Photochemical Reactivity of Oceanic Dissolved Organic Carbon

November 13, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Bacterial and viral diversity in coastal Virginia stormwater retention ponds

November 10, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Seminar: Chasing Dust: Discovering the linkage between the Growth of Marine Vibrio Bacteria and Trans-Atlantic Saharan Dust

October 27, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Science at the Stadium

October 4, 2014
north entry to the Georgia Center for Continuing Education

Seminar: The unique natural radionuclide Polonium-210 and its application as a marine export tracer

September 22, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Science at the Stadium

Samantha B. Joye (University of Georgia)
September 20, 2014
​On the lawn of the Physics Building facing Sanford Drive

Seminar: Evolutionary Origin of Divergent Ecological Strategies in Surface Ocean Bacterioplankton

September 15, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Room 261

Welcome Back Gathering

August 15, 2014
Marine Sciences Bldg

Seminar: Microcable bacteria in the wild: insights from salt marsh sediment

May 12, 2014
Marine Sciences Rm 261

Seminar: The acid test: H+ transport and pH homeostasis in marine phytoplankton

April 28, 2014
Marine Sciences Building Rm 267

Seminar by Yeping Yuan

February 20, 2014
Seminar Room 261

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