UNC-CH MASC Fall 2009 Seminars
Seminars are held every Wednesday at 3:30 pm in 328 Phillips Hall, unless otherwise noted. Refreshments are served immediately following the seminar in the 3rd floor lobby of Chapman Hall. For further information, please contact Dr. Brent McKee (bamckee@email.unc.edu).
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The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
Fall 2009
Please note that all seminars for the Fall 2009 semester will take place in room 328 Phillips Hall
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September
- Sep. 2 - Luke McKay, Graduate Student; UNC-CH Department of Marine Sciences – “Iron Fertilization by Iceberg Melting and Its Paleooceanographic Implications.” {Interdisciplinary Seminar}
- Sep. 9 - Dr. Harvey Seim, Faculty; UNC-CH Dept. of Marine Sciences - "Results of the NC Offshore Wind Power Feasibility Study."
- Sep. 16 - Dr. Andreas Teske, Faculty; UNC-CH Dept. of Marine Sciences - "Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal Vents: New Microbiological and Geochemical Results."
- Sep. 23 - Dr. Rose Cory, Faculty; UNC-CH Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering - "Dissolved Organic Matter: an Unsolved Mystery in the Carbon Cycle."
- Sep. 30 - Dr. Karl Castillo, Postdoctoral Research Associate; UNC-CH Dept. of Marine Sciences - "Influence of Thermal History on Inner Lagoon Reef and Outer Barrier Reef Coral Conspecifics."
October
- Oct. 7 - Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky, Faculty; UNC-CH Dept. of Geology - "Remote Sensing of Hydrologic Recharge in a Large Northern Delta."
- Oct. 14 - Patrick Gibson Graduate Student; UNC-CH Dept. of Marine Sciences – "Sponge Control of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in a Coral Reef Ecosystem." {Research Seminar}
- Oct. 21 – Fall Recess: No Seminar Scheduled
- Oct. 28 - Dr. John D. Albertson, Faculty; Duke University Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering - "Hydrology-Vegetation Interactions Under Climate and Population Pressures: Bridging Ecology, Turbulence, and Water Resources."
November
- Nov. 4 - Dr. Sarah Carmichael, Faculty; Appalachian State University Dept. of Geology - "Formation of Replacement Dolomites by Infiltration of Diffuse Effluent: Latemar Carbonate Buildup, Dolomites, Northern Italy."
- Nov. 11 - Dr. Bente Lomstein, Aarhus University, Denmark - "Indicators of Organic Matter Reactivity and Microbial Activity in Deep Sediments."
- Nov. 18 - Ashley Smyth, Graduate Student; UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences - "Alterations in Nitrogen Cycling Resulting from Oyster Mediated Benthic-Pelagic Coupling." {Research Seminar}
- Nov. 25 – Thanksgiving Recess: No Seminar Presentation
December
- Dec. 2 - Dr. Mary Jane Perry, Faculty: Univ. of Maine School of Marine Sciences - "Autonomous measurements of carbon flux - the 2008 North Atlantic spring bloom."
