Spring Seminar Series 2026
The public is invited to join us during the semester for our Wednesday seminars at 11:00 a.m.
Note our new start time! Watch live on Zoom. Graduate student talks are by invitation or internal only.
| Date | Speaker and Seminar Title |
|---|---|
| Jan 28 | EOS Center Town Hall (internal only) |
| Feb 4 |
Jason Hodin, Senior Research Scientist, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington Orienting to the Stars: Rewilding an apex predator for nearshore ecosystem health |
| Feb 11 |
Josie Iselin with Marianna Leuschel, Co-Directors, Above/Below Building Stories of Kelp and Oysters: How The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp and The Alluring World of Olympia Oysters come to life as web-based books and build ocean literacy for a wide audience |
| Feb 18 |
Stuart Siegel, Coastal Resilience Specialist, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Two Birds, One Ecosystem – Bringing Nature-Based Solutions to the SF Estuary |
| Feb 25 |
Laura Guertin, Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences, Penn State Brandywine Stories of Communicating Scientific Ocean Drilling, From Text to Textiles |
| Mar 4 |
Durrell Kapan, Senior Research Fellow, Entomology and Center for Comparative Genomics, Cal Academy |
| Mar 11 |
Sophie George, Faculty Fellow, University of Washington; Professor Emerita, Georgia Southern University Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space |
| Mar 18 | IEP WORKSHOP, NO SEMINAR |
| Mar 25 | SPRING BREAK |
| Apr 1 |
Jan Walker, Senior Ecologist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) A Modular, Ecosystem Function–Based Assessment Framework for Estuarine Condition |
| Apr 8 | Chris Francis |
| Apr 15 |
Paula Pappalardo, Biologist - Data Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Using metabarcoding to detect species of concern |
| Apr 22 | Alex Braud, Coastal Geospatial Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute Mapping Resilience: How Better Data Supports Nature-Based Solutions |
| Apr 29 |
Nina Hapner, Managing Director, Environmental Planning & Natural Resources, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria Indigenous Management of Coastal Marine Environments |
| May 6 |
Sarah Goodnight, Ecologist/Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Cross-habitat detection and monitoring of marine invertebrate invasions in California: a 12-year synthesis |
| May 13 | To be announced |