Friday, December 9, 3:30 pm
"Autonomous Sampling of Remote Phytoplankton Blooms in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre"
Emily Anderson
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, December 9, 3:30 pm"Effects of Maternal Investment on Anti-Predator Behavior of Larval Southern Flounder, Paralicthys lethostigma"
Corinne Burns
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Monday, December 5, 3:30 pm
"Influence of Major Storm Events on the Quantity and Composition of Particulate Organic Matter in a Subtropical Estuary, Texas"
Nicolas Reyna
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, November 18, 3:30 pm
"The First Sign of Recovery? Genetic Monitoring of the Critically Endangered New Zealand Endemic Maui Dolphin"
Rebecca M. Hamner, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Friday, November 11, 3:30 pm
"Biomarkers of Brevetoxin Exposure in Molluscan Shellfish and Human Consumers"
Robert W. Dickey, Ph.D.
Director, Department Chair, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Marine Science
Friday, November 4, 3:30 pm
"Do Seasonal Environmental Gradients Drive Benthic Community Structure in an Arctic Kelp Bed?"
Christina Bonsell
Doctoral Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, November 4, 3:30 pm
"Community Variations Due to the Presence and Absence of Crustone Corealline Algae in an Arctic Kelp System"
Arley Muth
Senior Student Associate, Lecturer, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, November 4, 3:30 pm
"Relationships Between Climate, Growth and Fisheries Production in a Commercially Exploited Marine Fish"
Erin Reed
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, October 28, 3:30 pm
"From CO2 Effects on Tropical Trees to Regime Shifts in Bering Sea Fishes - A Talk About Growth Rings"
Peter van der Sleen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
from University of Wageningen, the Netherlands
Friday, October 14, 3:30 pm
"The Return of the Kelp Forest King"
Larry G. Allen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge
Friday, October 7, 3:30 pm
"Hunting Microbes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico"
J. Cameron Thrash, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
Friday, September 30, 3:30 pm
"Will the Climate Change Result in Seasonal Mismatches Between Fish Reproduction and Plankton Blooms? Empirical Evidence From the California Current and Earth System Model Projections"
Rebecca G. Asch, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Princeton University
Friday, September 23, 3:30 pm
"Exploring the Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Potential of Aquatic Marine Microbial Communities in the Faroe-Shetland Channel"
Angelina Angelova, Ph.D.
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Friday, September 9, 3:30 pm
"An Introduction to the Core Facilities Laboratory at UTMSI: Instrumentation and Scientific Applications"
Ryan Hladyniuk, Ph.D.
Research Engineering, Scientist Associate IV, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Thursday, September 1, 3:00 pm
"Biodiversity and Toxicological Considerations Following Mega-Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico"
Steven Murawski, Ph.D.
Professor and Peter R. Betzer Endowed Chair, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
Friday, August 19, 3:30 pm
"De novo Assembly of Diverse and Deep-Branching Archaeal Genomes From Guaymas Basin Sediments"
Kiley Seitz
Doctoral Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, August 5, 3:30 pm
"Impacts of Global Climate Change, Hypoxia and Chemical Stress: Physiological, Molecular and Epigenomic Responses in Marine Fishes"
Saydur Rahman, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, July 29, 3:30 p.m.
"Patterns in Concentrations of Fluvial Organic Matter and Watershed Yields Across Space and Scale in the Arctic"
Craig Connolly
Doctoral Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, July 29, 3:30 pm
"Marine Debris Monitoring Along the Texas Coast"
Katie Swanson
Research Associate, Stewardship Coordinator, Mission-Aransas NERR, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, July 22, 3:30 pm
"Learning From Survivors: Interactions Between Early Life Stages and Environmental Conditions"
Simon Geist, Ph.D.
Associate Professor for Marine Fisheries, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Wednesday, July 20, 1:30 pm
"Dinophysis:Mixotroph, Toxin Producer, and an Emerging Threat in the U.S."
Juliette L. Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Aquatic Health Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Friday, July 15, 3:30 pm
"Bloom Dynamic Studies of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Genus Alexandrium in Cork Harbor, Ireland"
Sarah Cosgrove, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, July 1, 3:30 pm
"Genomic Investigation of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus Outbreak n the Pacific"
Jeffrey W. Turner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Marine Biology, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Friday, June 17, 3:30 pm
"Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QACs) as Emerging Organic Contaminants in Urbanized Estuaries"
Xiaolin Li, Ph.D.
East China Normal University
Friday, June 10, 3:30 pm
"Seagrass Bioindicator Detects Elevated d15N in Coastal Bays in South Texas"
Victoria Congdon
Doctoral Candidate, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, June 10, 3:30 pm
"An Atlantic Croaker Granulosa/thecal Primary Cell Culture System For Examining Nongenomic Steroid Actions in the Ovary"
Aubrey Converse
Doctoral Candidate, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, June 10, 3:30 pm
"Aspects of Interspecific Variation in Red Blood Cell Carbonic Anhydrase in Marine Fish"
Angelina Dichiera
Doctoral Candidate, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, June 10, 3:30 pm
"Sensitivity of an Estuarine Species, Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), to Ocean Acidification"
Joshua Lonthair
Doctoral Candidate, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, June 3, 3:30 pm
"Temporal and Spatial Population Genetic Structure of Alexandrium spp. Dinoflagellate Blooms"
Yida Gao
Doctoral Candidate, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, June 3, 3:30 pm
"How Do Drying-Rewetting Events Affect Nutrient Fluxes and Bacteria Dynamics From Subtropical Marsh Sediments"
Jason Jenkins
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, June 3, 3:30 pm
"Urea Cycling in Relation to Cyanobacterial (Microcystis) Blooms in Lake Taihu, Yangtze River Delta, China"
Kaijun Lu
Doctoral Candidate, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, June 3, 3:30 pm
"Relationships Between Climate, Growth and Fisheries Production in a Commercially Exploited Marine Fish"
Erin Reed
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, May 13, 3:30 pm
"Habitat Use and Trophic Structure in Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) Inferred From Geochemical Proxies in Scales"
Matthew Seeley
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Thursday, May 12, 
3:30 pm
"Evaluation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Weathering on Coastal Louisiana Beaches and Salt Marshes Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Using Ramped Pyrolysis – Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry"
Meredith Evans
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, April 15, 3:30 pm
"Impact of the Open-Ocean Convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea on Nutrients Budget and Prokaryotic Diversity and Activity"
Tatiana Severin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
from University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Monday, April 11, 10:30 am
"Biology, Ecology, and Management of Invasive Lionfish in the Atlantic: What We've Learned and Where Do We Go From Here?"
James A. Morris, Jr., Ph.D.
NOAA National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Friday, April 8, 3:30 pm
"From 16S to Microbiome Function"
Bongkeun Song, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary
Thursday, April 7, 3:30 pm
"Importance of a Northern Gulf of Mexico Spring Transition As Inferred From Marine Fish Biochronologies"
Matthew Dzaugis
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Monday, April 4, 9:15 am
"Identifying Effective Strategies For Sustainable Fisheries Management"
John Wiedenmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
Friday, April 1, 11:00 am
"Swimming Across the Pacific Ocean: A Platform For Citizen Scientists"
Benoît "Ben" Lecomte
French-born long-distance swimmer
Thursday, March 31, 3:30 pm
"Movie Viewing: "Dispatches From the Gulf"
Dr. Edward J. Buskey
Professor, Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Marine Science, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, March 25, 3:30 pm
"Linking Microbial Diversity and Function in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Deep Sea Sediments"
Nina Dombrowski, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, March 11, 3:30
"Open-Ocean Fish Reveal an Omnidirectional Solution to Camouflage in Polarized Environments"
Parrish Brady, Ph.D.
Integrated Biology Department, The University of Texas at Austin
Friday, March 3, 3:30 pm
"Reconstructing Past Estuarine Environments: Radiocarbon Dating in Brackish Waters"
Bryan Lougheed, Ph.D.
Uppsala University, Sweden & Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Friday, February 19, 9:00 am
"Evolution, Biogeography and "Systems Ecology" For Microbial Eukaryotes in Marine Sediments"
Holly Bik, Ph.D.
New York University Center for Genomics & Systems Biology
Tuesday, February 16, 9:00 am
"A Spatial Ecology Approach For Coastal Systems: Drivers of Community Structure and Function Across Scales"
Lauren Yeager, Ph.D.
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland
Friday, February 12, 3:30 pm
"Using Ramped Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry to Evaluate Petroleum Hydrocarbons Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill"
Meredith Evans
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, February 12, 3:30 pm
"Influence of Freshwater Inflow on Source of Particulate Organic Matter in a Subtropical Estuary, Texas"
Nicolas Reyna
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, February 12, 3:30 pm
"Effects of Chemical Structure on Hydrolysis Pathways of Small Peptides in Coastal Seawater"
Shuting Liu
Graduate Student, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Friday, January 29, 9:00 am
"Coping With Climate Change: The Role of Trans-Generational Acclimatization in Coral Reef Persistence"
Hollie Putman, Ph.D.
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii Manoa
Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 am
"Flexible Responses of Species and Food Webs Maintain Ecosystem Functioning in a Variable World"
Bailey McMeans, Ph.D.
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
Friday, January 22, 3:30 pm
"Early Life Sensitivity of Red Drum, Scianops ocellatus, to Source and Naturally Weathered Oil"
Alexis Khursigara
Friday, January 22, 3:30 pm
"Physical and Biological Dispersal Barriers in Invasive Bloom-Forming Microalgae"
Ingrid Sassenhagen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
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