Fall Seminar Series 2025
The public is invited to join us during the semester for our Wednesday seminars at 1:30 p.m.
Note our new start time! Watch live on Zoom. Graduate student talks are by invitation or internal only.
| Date | Speaker and Seminar Title |
|---|---|
| Aug 27 |
Ed Carpenter, Professor of Biology, EOS Center, SFSU Plastic Earth: A Ticking Time Bomb |
| Sept 3 | EOS Center Town Hall (internal only) |
| Sept 10 |
Diamela De Veer, Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Ocean Travelers: the role of plastic debris on non-native species dispersal |
| Sept 17 |
Pádraig Duignan, Director of Pathology/Chief Scientist, The Marine Mammal Center Climate change and disease ecology: How are California's marine mammals faring 25 years into the 21st century? |
| Sept 24 |
Karen Thorne, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey The use of dredge material in San Francisco Bay to bolster marsh restorations and build sea level rise resilience |
| Oct 1 |
Mark Lubell The Quest for Cooperation in Regional Sea Level Rise Adaptation |
| Oct 8 | Research in Progress Talks (internal only) |
| Oct 15 |
Albert Ruhí, Associate Professor, Freshwater Ecology and Conservation UC Berkeley Climate change, phenological shifts, and trophic mismatches along the river-estuary continuum |
| Oct 22 |
Drew Harvell, Adjunct faculty Stanford (Hopkins Researcher), Professor Emerita, Cornell University/Stanford University The Ocean's Menagerie Heating up with Climate Change |
| Oct 29 | State of the Estuary - no seminar |
| Nov 5 |
Melanie Prentice, Research Scientist, Hakai Institute The causative agent of sea star wasting disease |
| Nov 12 |
Research in Progress Talks (internal only) |
| Nov 19 | Jeff Dorman, Executive Director, Farallon Institute
Estimating zooplankton from autonomous underwater gliders in the California Current |
| 26 | Thanksgiving - no seminar |
| Dec 3 |
Sarah Mesnick TBA |
| Dec 10 |
Brendan Tougher, Co-Founder Marine Monitor (M2), Anthropocene Institute Empowering Marine Conservation through Technology |
| Dec 16 | IMES Intern talks (internal only) |