University of New England

Visiting Scientists and Educators

Overview

The Marine Science Education and Research Center welcomes use of its facilities by visiting scientists, graduate students, and school groups. Possibilities range from short-term use in support of field research or classes to longer-term laboratory space rental for research projects. Interested parties should contact the MSC Director Phil Yund at (207) 602-2440.

Marine Science Seminar Series

Spring Semester 2008

1/25, Dr. Win Watson, University of New Hampshire. "The Secret Lives of Lobsters."

2/15, Dr. Renae Brodie, Mount Holyoke College. "Life on the Wedge: Survival Strategies in Larval Estuarine Crabs."

2/22, Dr. Erik Sotka, College of Charleston. "Larval Dispersal and Local Adaptation of Nearshore Marine Invertebrates."

3/7, Dr. Erik Hoffmayer, University of Southern Mississippi. "The Physiological Ecology of Sharks in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: The Atlantic Sharpnose Shark as a Case Study."

3/28, Dr. Don Bowen, Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. "Reproductive Performance in Female Grey Seals: Insights from Long-term Studies of Individuals."

4/18, Dr. Gisele Muller-Parker, Western Washington State University. "Multiple Partners: Lessons from Temperate Anemone Symbioses."

4/25, Dr. Cathy McFadden, Harvey-Mudd College.  "Species Boundaries, Genetic Variation and the Quest for a Universal DNA 'Barcode': Lessons from Octocorals."

Summer 2008

Dr. Ed Houde, of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and Dr. John Olney, of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, spent two weeks at the MSC teaching a graduate level course in Larval Fish Ecology.  This joint offering between UNE and the other institutions drew students from around the world.

Recent Marine Science Seminar Series Speakers

Fall 2006

Dr. Ron Etter, University of Massachusetts Boston.  "Evolution in the deep sea: A molecular genetic perspective."

Dr. Jon Allen, Bowdoin College.  "Life history evolution and the costs of small egg size in echinoderms."

Spring 2007

1/26, Dr. Brian Beal, University of Maine Machias. "Spatial and Temporal Variation in Growth and Survival of Juveniles of the Soft-Shell Clam, Mya arenaria, in Eastern Maine."

2/16, Dr. Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire. "New Approaches to Seafloor Mapping and Data Visualization."

2/23, Dr. Jeff Runge, Gulf of Maine Research Institute/University of Maine. "Plankton, Currents and Fish: Connections in the Gulf of Maine."

3/9, Dr. Lou Burnett, College of Charleston. "Environmental Physiology of Disease Resistance in Some Marine Organisms."

3/23, Dr. George Sedberry, South Carolina Dept. Natural Resources. "The Role of the 'Charleston Bump' in the Life History of Some Marine Fishes of the Southeastern U.S."

3/30, Dr. Alison Bell, University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana. "Integrating Causes and Consequences of Behavioral Syndromes in Sticklebacks."

4/13, Dr. Suzanne Strom, Western Washington State University.  Title TBA   Dr. Strom is a phytoplankton oceanographer.

4/27, Dr. Mike Castellini, University of Alaska Fairbanks. "The Bio-Politics of Marine Mammal Biology in Alaska."