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Faculty Seminars ~ Spring Series, 2013                                                                               
Seminars are on Wed. at 11:00am in the HPL auditorium (Coastal Science Bldg.) unless otherwise specified. These seminars are open to the public.

January 23
Cindy Palinkas (UMCES/HPL), "Sediment dynamics in Chesapeake Bay intertidal and fluvial-estuarine environments", host, M. Roman 

January 28 (Note: this is a Monday seminar at 10:00am and will be in AREL)
Stephanie Kamel (U of CA, Davis) "The ties that bind: Family conflict and relatedness shape the ecology and evolution of marine organisms", host, D. Stoecker

February 6
Judy O'Neil (UMCES/HPL), "Harmful algal bloom nutrient and grazing dynamics in coastal and offshore environments", host, N. Nidzieko

Febraury 7 (Note: this is a Thursday seminar at 10:00am and will be in AREL)
Felipe Barreto (U of CA, San Diego) "Ecological and evolutionary consequences of restricted gene flow and rapid mitochrondrial evolution:  Insights from a marine copepod", host, D. Stoecker

February 11 (Note: this is a Monday seminar at 10:00am and will be in AREL)
Morgan Kelly (U of CA, Santa Barbara), "Stress tolerance in coastal invertebrates: Ecology, genetics, and adaptation to global change", host, D. Stoecker

February 20
Willem Roosenburg (Ohio), "Should I stay or should I go: facultative nest emergence of neonate diamondback terrapins", host, V. Kennedy

February 27
Tim Hollibaugh (Univ. of Ga.), "Seasonal Dynamics of Thaumarchaeota Populations in Georgia Coastal Waters" host, B. Crump

March 6
Rebecca Fox (UMCES/HPL), "The search for the missing N: Quantifying N losses from soils",  host, N. Nidzieko

March 11 (Note: this is a Monday seminar at 10:00am and will be in AREL)
Louis Plough (Clemson Univ.), "Nature vs nurture: The ecological genomics of larval mortality and adaptive change in marine invertebrates."

March 13
Steve Wing (UNC), "Impacts of industrial swine production on health of neighboring communities", host, T. Fisher

March 20
No Seminar ~ Spring Break

March 27
Sarah Surak (Salisbury Univ.), "Navigating seas of power: implications of science for policy and policy for science", host, D. Stoecker

April 3
Rachel Sipler (VIMS), host, C. Kellogg

April 17
Yantao Li (UMCES/IMET), "Triacylglycerol synthesis and storage in microalgae: Pathways, pegulation and biotechnological implications.", host, N. Nidzieko

April 24
Robert Twilley (LSU), "Restoring The Mississippi River Delta: Science And Policy Issues", host, L. Staver

May 1
Jonathan Cohen (U. of De.), "Seeing in the Sea: Spectral aspects of crustacean vision from beaches to the deep sea", host, N. Nidzieko

May 8
Jennifer Biddle (U. of De.), "Understanding microbes of the deep biosphere: are there lessons in the backyard?", host, A. Santoro

May 15
Ali Tokay (NASA, Goddard), "Precipitation Measurements on the Southern Delmarva Peninsula", host, N. Nidzieko