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.

Fall Seminar Schedule

  • September 6 - Penny Demetriades & Lydia Hayes, Ph.D. Students, DISL
  • September 13 - Raymond Banister, Postdoc, Kenneth Hoadley Lab, DISL
  • September 20 - Akela Yuhl, Master’s Student & Ashley McDonald, DISL
  • September 27 - Nina Luckas, Ph.D. Student, DISL
  • October 4 - Chief Jason Lewis, Africatown Initiative
  • October 18 - Sarah Dietrick, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Alison Robertson Lab (DISL), Marine Chemist and Ecologist
  • October 25 - Aravind Puzhankara, Master’s Student & Sophia Corde, Ph.D. Student, DISL
  • November 1 - Angela Levins, DISL PR Director & Mendel Graeber, Alabama Aquarium Educator
  • November 8 - Jessica Dutton, Texas State University
  • November 22 - Josh Goff, Research Operations
  • December 6 - Katie Howe, Postdoctoral Scholar in the Krause and Kiel-Reese labs

Upcoming Seminar

Zoom Link

Date: Friday, October 4

Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Seminar Title: The CURRENT State of Africatown

Speaker: Chief Jason Lewis, Owner Of Africatown Souvenirs and President of VETS (Visualize Everyone That Serves)

About Seminar

Chief Jason Lewis will share a brief history about Africatown, the current status of the project and future plans.

Africatown Initiative: Building Africa In America

Zoom Link

Past Seminars

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

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

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”