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Share PageFort Johnson Marine Science Seminar Series
Place: MRRI Auditorium at Fort Johnson
Time: 4 p.m. on Friday afternoons, unless otherwise posted
Refreshments: before each seminar and at a reception with the seminar speaker, which occurs at the MUSC White House or the SCDNR Outdoor Classroom after the seminar
Archives of Fort Johnson Seminars
Fall 2013 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Committee Contact (Host) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | Joseph Pawlik University of North Carolina Wilmington |
The Chemical Ecology of Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs | Rusty Day, NIST (R. Day) |
| Aug 30 | Tyler Cyronak | The Changing Carbonate Chemistry of Coral Reefs: Impacts of Ocean Acidification, Groundwater, and Sediment Dissolution | Craig Plante, CofC (J. DiTullio) |
| Sept 6 | Stacy Krueger-Hadfield Marine Biological Association and College of Charleston |
Exploring Population Dynamics and Genetic Structure in Marine Micro and Macroalgae | Craig Plante, CofC (E. Sotka) |
| Sept 13 | No Seminar | ||
| Sept 20 | Felicia Coleman Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory |
Student Research Colloquium | Colloquium Committee |
| Sept 27 | Jean Ellis University of South Carolina |
Science and Policy of Wind Blown Sand | Susannah Sheldon, SC Sea Grant (R. DeVoe) |
| Oct 4 | Erik Sotka College of Charleston |
What the heck is that thing? The Ecology and Evolution of an Invasive Seaweed in South Carolina | Craig Plante, CofC (C. Plante) |
| Oct 11 | No Seminar | GPMB Faculty Meeting | |
| Oct 18 | No Seminar | Government Shutdown | |
| Oct 25 | Chris Hintz Savannah State University |
A Method for Coral Paloeproxy Calibration/Validation by Laboratory Culture Using Pre-anthropocene Environments | Peter Kingsley-Smith, SCDNR (P. Kingsley-Smith) |
| Nov 1 | Felicia Sanders SCDNR |
Migratory Shorebirds in South Carolina | Peter Kingsley-Smith, SCDNR (P. Kingsley-Smith) |
| Nov 8 | Satomi Kohno MUSC |
Sex Determination in the American Alligator | Jessica McCoy/Ben Parrott, MUSC (J. McCoy/B. Parrott) |
| Nov 15 | Lou Burnett College of Charleston |
Oceans Acidic and Low in Oxygen: Lessons from Estuarine Organisms | Craig Plante, CofC (C. Plante) |
| Nov 22 | Ryan Rykaczewski University of South Carolina |
Responses of Subtropical North Pacific Ecosystems to Future Climate Change | Peter Kingsley-Smith, SCDNR (P. Kingsley-Smith) |
| Nov 29 | No Seminar | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Dec 6 |
Christina Stringer |
Assessing Carbon Stocks in Mangroves within the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique | Paul Pennington, NOAA (P. Pennington) |
Instructions and Information for Speakers for downloading
- Speaker Information Form
Links to the Fort Johnson Partners
- Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, National Ocean Service, NOAA
- Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston
- Marine Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Program, Medical Univ. of South Carolina
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Members of the Fort Johnson Seminar Committee
- Lou Burnett - Grice Marine Lab, CofC (Chair)
- Rusty Day - NIST
- Peter Kingsley-Smith - SCDNR
- Jessica McCoy - MUSC Student
- Ben Parrott - MUSC
- Paul Pennington - NOAA
- Susannah Sheldon - SC Sea Grant
- Evan Sherer - CofC MES Student
- Jessica Snyder - GPMB Student