Spring Seminar Series 2025

The public is invited to join us during the semester for our Wednesday seminars at 3:30 p.m. Join remotely via Zoom. Graduate student talks are by invitation or internal only.

Sponsored by the Barbara and Richard Rosenberg Institute for Marine Biology & Environmental Science

S25 Seminar Schedule
Date Speaker and Seminar Title
Jan 29

Henry Ruhl, CeNCOOS Director, MBARI / CeNCOOS

Integrated Ocean Observing in Support of Coastal and Climate Resilience 

Abstract and bio | Watch the recording

Feb 5

Lydia Baker, Assistant Professor, California State University Monterey Bay

Illuminating Marine Symbioses: Microbial Interactions, Evolution, and Inclusive Science

Abstract and bio | Watch the recording

Feb 12

Jaime Jahncke, Director, California Current Group, Point Blue Conservation Science

From Peru to California: How ocean processes influence prey and predator abundance in coastal areas?

Abstract and bio | Watch the recording

Feb 19

EOS PI Lightning Talks 

Watch the recording

Feb 26 No Seminar
Mar 5 IEP WORKSHOP, NO SEMINAR
Mar 12

Zachary Gold, Lead Molecular Ecologist - Ocean Molecular Ecology Program, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Leveraging eDNA to Survey Large Marine Ecosystems in the Northeast Pacific

Abstract and bio | Watch the recording

Mar 19

Wim Kimmerer, Adjunct Professor Emeritus, EOS Center, SFSU

Apparent competition among four copepod species in the San Francisco Estuary, an estuarine food desert

Abstract and bio | Watch the recording

Mar 26 SPRING BREAK
Apr 2

Susanna Theroux, Principal Scientist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) 

Harnessing environmental DNA for biomonitoring and bioassessment

Abstract and bio

Apr 9

Allison Moreno, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz 

Southern California Respiration Quotient Controls 

Abstract and bio | Watch the recording

Apr 16

Dan Okamoto, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Addressing climate change and spatial structure in temperate nearshore ecosystems  

Abstract and bio | Watch the recording

Apr 23

Roxanne Beltran, Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Cruz

Open ocean ecology shapes life history evolution in long-lived mammals

Abstract and bio

Apr 30

Bob Bowers, Research Scientist, LBNL, Joint Genome Institute  

Applying single cell genomics to microbial communities at the JGI

May 7 Cancelled
May 14

EOS Center Graduate Students 

Research in Progress