Seminars

Upcoming Seminars Past 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

March 6:
Speaker: Discovery Hall Programs: Greg Graeber, JoAnn Moody, Rachel McDonald, Taylor Kilgore
Title: I thought this was a college campus, what’s with all the kids?
Bio: If you ever wondered what things labeled DHP around campus means, join us for a journey “across the street” and learn about Discovery Hall Program (DHP), DISL’s K-12 education and outreach department.

March 13: NO SEMINAR

March 20:
Speaker: Dr. Eve Galimany
Title: What does high temperature mean for mussels from the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts?
Bio: Dr. Eve Galimany is a research scientist at the Spanish National Research Institute.

March 27:
Speaker: Dr. Paul Moore, Bowling Green
Title: Fear and Safety: the sensory ecology of aquatic predator-prey interactions.
Bio: Dr. Paul Moore is a professor at Bowling Green State University. His research focuses on chemical ecology and aquatic species behavior.

April 3:
Speaker: Mark Berte, Alabama Coastal Foundation
Title: The many paths to support Alabama’s coastal environment
Bio: Mark Berte is the Executive Director of the Alabama Coastal Foundation.

April 10: Dr. Rebecca Pickering, Stockholm University

April 17: Graduate Prospectus: Zoey Hendrickson & Bethany Kiley

April 24: TBD

Past Seminars

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

2026

  • Friday, February 27 - Dr. Kayla Boyd, From Watermen to Volunteers: Collaborative Oyster Restoration in Mobile Bay, Alabama
    Bio: Dr. Kayla Boyd is the Oyster Project Manager at Mobile Baykeeper
  • Friday, February 13 - Dr. Brian Dzwonkowski, University of South Alabama, Coastal Ocean response (or lack thereof) to hurricanes: The curious case of Hurricane Nate(2017)
  • Friday, February 6 - Dr. Morgan Sobol, Texas State University, Unraveling ecological constraints and opportunities in enzyme evolution
  • Friday, January 23 - Dr. Charles Amsler, Antarctic macroalgal forest communities: chemically-mediated interactions and the impacts of changing sea ice (canceled)
  • Friday, January 16 - Dr. Kelsi Furman, Fostering Knowledge Co-Production for Marine Social-Ecological Systems

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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”