Seminars

University Programs’ Seminar Series highlights current and ongoing research by visiting researchers, along with DISL faculty and students. The seminars are open to the community and can be attended in person or via zoom. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about what is happening in the marine science community.

Seminars are usually held on Fridays at 12 p.m. CST in the Richard C. Shelby Center for Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management Building on the Dauphin Island Sea Lab campus.

Upcoming Seminars

Zoom Link

  • October 17:
    Speakers: Dr. Ben Freeman
    Title: Climate change in the tropics: The escalator to extinction and the stairway to survival
    Bio: Dr. Ben Freeman is an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia

  • October 24: Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Robinson
    Title: Louisiana Sea Grant Oyster Research Lab: Advancing Aquaculture Through Research and Extension
    Bio: Dr. Elizabeth Robinson is the Director of the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery and La Sea Grant Oyster Research Lab.

  • October 31:
    Speaker: Jessica Hilliker and Gabrielle Davis
    Title: Prospectus Prestentations

    • Jessica Hilliker (Ph.D. Student, Dr. Smee’s Lab): Shell shocked: The Costs of Induced Defenses with Respect to Disease and pH Stress
    • Gabrielle Davis (Ph.D. Student, Dr. Smee’s Lab): Chemically Mediated Predator Prey Interactions on Oyster Reefs

  • November 7: Dr. Jessica Pruett, University of Southern Mississippi

  • November 14: TBD

  • November 21: Dr. Missy Partyka, Auburn University Extension

  • December 5: BOATS Intern Symposium

Past Seminars

Some seminars are archived on the Dauphin Island Sea Lab YouTube Channel.

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2015

  • January 22 - Joel Fodrie, UNC, Chapel Hill - Landscape Effects on the Fisheries Ecology and Ecosystem-service Delivery of a Temperate Estuary.
  • February 5 - Dr. Lee Smee, Texas A&M Univ. Corpus Christi - The World is my Oyster: Predator-Prey Interactions, Chemical Cues, and Genetic Diversity on Oyster Reef’
  • February 26 - Dr. Jeff Morris, University of Alabama, Birmingham
  • March 5 - Dr. Christopher Anderson, Auburn University
  • March 12 - Dr. Patty Sobecky, University of Alabama
  • March 16 - Dr. Richard B. Anderson, FIT
  • April 2 - Dr. Chuck Amsler, University of Alabama, Birmingham
  • May 21 – Dr. Bill Dennison, UMCES

2014

  • November 6 - Dr. Eric Peatman, Auburn University – “Fitting Mobile-Tensaw Delta Bass into the Black Bass Puzzle: New Molecular Tools and New Insights”
  • November 21 - Dr. Mark Butler, Old Dominion University – “Lobster Tales: Homelessness, Pestilence & Alien Encounters"
  • December 4 - Dr. Ari Daniel, Independent Science Reporter & Producer - “Carving Story out of Science”