The John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series
The Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists and engineers who make them. The invited speakers from other institutions are colleagues who work on topics relevant to our Harbor Branch research themes. Lectures are held in the auditorium of the Johnson Education Center on the Harbor Branch campus, 5600 U.S. 1 North, Fort Pierce, 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. There is no charge to attend.
The Lecture Series will be on hiatus for the summer during the months of June, July, August and September. Lectures will reconvene in October.
January 30, 2019 Gabby Barbarite, Ph.D., FAU Harbor Branch Mission Ocean Discovery: An Overview of Outreach at FAU Harbor Branch
February 6, 2019 Nick Dickens, Ph.D., FAU Harbor Branch DNAngling – Molecular Identification of Fish in the Indian River Lagoon
February 13, 2019 Megan Davis, Ph.D., FAU Harbor Branch Ocean Entrées: Eat your Sea Vegetables!
February 20, 2019 M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., FAU Harbor Branch The Junior Scientists Program: Research by the Next Generation to Preserve Our Natural Resources for All Generations
February 27, 2019 Jon Moore, Ph.D., FAU Wilkes Honors College Investigating the Deep Pelagic Animals in the Northern Gulf of Mexico after the BP Oil Spill
March 6, 2019 Tim Moore, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire Using Remote Sensing Technologies to Detect Harmful Algal Blooms
March 13, 2019 Jordon Beckler, Ph.D., FAU Harbor Branch Extending Soil Conservation to the Sea: Marine Sediments as the Next Frontier!
March 20, 2019 Bill Baxley, FAU Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center Power from the Gulf Stream - The Potential and the Challenges
April 17, 2019 Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D., FAU Biological Sciences Sharks Are Snowbirds, Too: Seasonal Migration of Blacktip Sharks along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard
April 1, 2019 Margaret Leinen, Ph.D., Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Vice Chancellor of Marine Science, University of California-San Diego Oceanography in the next decade: where will new ways to study the ocean lead us?
December 5, 2018 Aaron Adams, Ph.D., FAU Harbor Branch Multiple Perspectives Are Needed for Effective Conservation
October 24, 2018 Jim Sullivan, Ph.D, Executive Director, FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute 2018 Status of South Florida Harmful Algal Blooms
October 10, 2018 Duane De Freese, Ph.D, FAU Harbor Branch Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan – Looking Ahead to 2030
September 19, 2018 Dr. Leesa Souto, FAU Harbor Branch The Indian River Lagoon Health Update
January 10, 2018 Anton Post, FAU Harbor Branch Translational Ocean Science at FAU Harbor Branch
January 17, 2018 Megan Davis, FAU Harbor Branch Ocean Entreés: The New Food Source to Feed the World
January 24, 2018 Aaron Adams, FAU Harbor Branch Linking Fish, Habitats, and Conservation
February 7, 2018 Jim Sullivan, FAU Harbor Branch Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics in Southeast Florida and the Indian River Lagoon
February 14, 2018 Greg O'Corry-Crowe, FAU Harbor Branch The Saga of the Steller Sea Lion in The Aleutian Islands
February 21, 2018 Julie Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Microbes, Fluids, and Rocks: Life Beneath the Seafloor
February 28, 2018 Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Listening to Noisy Coral Reefs and What They Can Tell Us
March 7, 2018 M. Dennis Hanisak, FAU Harbor Branch Seagrass: The "Lungs" of the Indian River Lagoon
March 14, 2018 Esther Guzmán, FAU Harbor Branch Treasures from the Deep Sea - Marine Natural Products as Potential Cancer Therapeutics
March 21, 2018 Joshua Voss, FAU Harbor Branch Southeast Florida's Coral Reefs: The Fine Line Between Survival and Devastation
March 28, 2018 Don Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution New Applications of Autonomous Biosensors in Harmful Algal Bloom (Red Tide) Research and Monitoring
January 11, 2017 Anton Post, FAU Harbor Branch Climate Change Adaptation, from Marine Microbes to Coastal Communities
January 18, 2017 Shirley Pomponi, FAU Harbor Branch Deep Discoveries: Exploring the Mariana Trench
January 25, 2017 Matt Ajemian, FAU Harbor Branch Sharks with Spectators
February 1, 2017 Steve Burton, FAU Harbor Branch The Importance of Marine Mammal Stranding Response
February 8, 2017 R. Grant Gilmore, Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc. The Indian River Lagoon: Back to the Future
February 15, 2017 Adam Schaefer, FAU Harbor Branch Wildlife Epidemiology and Public Health: What Marine Species Can Tell Us about Our Shared Environment
February 22, 2017 Heidi Pagán, FAU Harbor Branch The CetOMICS Initiative: Using Molecular Biology to Study the Health of Florida’s Dolphins and Whales
March 1, 2017 Megan Davis, FAU Harbor Branch Ocean Entreés: Cooking with a Caribbean Flair
March 8, 2017 Peter McCarthy, FAU Harbor Branch The Unexplored World of Microbial Diversity in the IRL Watershed
March 15, 2017 Jim Sullivan, FAU Harbor Branch Harmful Algal Blooms in the Indian River Lagoon
March 22, 2017 J.M. Adovasio, FAU Harbor Branch Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective
March 29, 2017 Annie Page-Karjian, FAU Harbor Branch Marine Wildlife Rehabilitation: Principles, Benefits, and Goals
April 5, 2017 M. Dennis Hanisak, FAU Harbor Branch The Indian River Lagoon: “You Can Observe a Lot by Just Watching”
May 10, 2017 Aaron Adams, FAU Harbor Branch Conservation of a Prehistoric Fish through Field Research and Aquaculture *Only 7 p.m.*
June 28, 2017 Jeff Beal, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Restoration of Aquatic Habitats along Florida's East Coast: the Projects, Partners, and Prosperity *Only 7 p.m.*
July 19, 2017 Maribeth Abrams & Panel Discussion Lionfish: The Reef Assassin *Only 7 p.m.*
July 19, 2017 Oscar Schofield, Rutgers University's Center of Ocean Observing Leadership Dawn in the Age of Robotic Oceanography on a Changing Ocean Planet *Only 4 p.m.*
December 13, 2017 Dennis Hanisak, FAU Harbor Branch The Exploring Pulley Ridge: The Deepest Mesophotic Coral Reef on the U.S. Continental Shelf *Only 4 p.m.*
January 6, 2016 Megan Davis, FAU Harbor Branch Ocean Entrees with a Twist: Shrimp Culture and Culinary Showcase
January 13, 2016 Paul Wills, Susan Laramore, and Dennis Hanisak, FAU Harbor Branch IMTA and the Future of Aquaculture in the United States
January 20, 2016 Laurent Cherbuin, FAU Harbor Branch Frontal, Wake Eddy, Topography Control and Ecological Constraints of Fish Spawning Habitat
January 27, 2016 Jan Rines, University of Rhode Island Exploring the Dazzling Diversity of Microscopic Life in the Sea
February 3, 2016 Amy Wright, FAU Harbor Branch Cures for Malaria, Tuberculosis, Alzheimer's? An Update on Natural Products Discovery at HBOI
February 10, 2016 Marty Riche, FAU Harbor Branch, and Angela Caporelli, Kentucky Department of Agriculture Aquaculture in Africa: Empowerment through Food Security and Economic Development
February 17, 2016 James McClintock, University of Alabama at Birmingham From Penguins to Plankton - The Impacts of Climate Change on Antarctic Marine Communities
February 24, 2016 Greg O'Corry-Crowe, FAU Harbor Branch Resilience in Polar Ecosystems: Adaptation to a Changing World
March 2, 2016 Jim Sullivan, FAU Harbor Branch Phytoplankton Form and Function in the Turbulent Ocean
March 9, 2016 Mike Twardowski, FAU Harbor Branch Remarkable Technologies Used to Explore the Ocean
March 16, 2016 Joshua Voss, FAU Harbor Branch Linking Exploration to Conservation in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico
April 13, 2016 Jason Hallstrom, Florida Atlantic University River, Rooms, and Wrists: The Future of Sensing at Scale *Only 7 p.m.*
May 11, 2016 John Trefry, Florida Institute of Technology Running Amuck: Our Six-Decade Legacy to the Indian River Lagoon *Only 7 p.m.*
June 2016 NO LECTURE
July 2016 NO LECTURE
August 2016 NO LECTURE
November 2, 2016 Specialty License Plate Talks Part 1 (15 minutes each) 1. Imaging Clouds in the Water Column - Preliminary Results from Controlled Environment- Anni Vuorenkoski Dalgleish 2. Cost-effective and Non-intrusive Larval Fish Growth Monitoring- Bing Ouyang 3. Reproductive Patterns of Cultured and Wild Sunray Venus Clams in Florida West Coast Waters- Susan Laramore
November 30, 2016 Specialty License Plate Talks Part 2 1. Ventilation Rates of the Indian River Lagoon through its Inlets- Laurent Chérubin 2. Ecology and Biochemistry of Harmful Algal Blooms- Brian Lapointe 3. Analysis of Sediments in the IRL for Herbicides- Amy Wright 4. Photo-identification - Dolphin Census and Spatiotemporal Trends- Elizabeth Titcomb 5. Project CLOUD- Joshua Voss
December 7, 2016 Jon Waterhouse, Oregon Health and Science University Indigenous Knowledge and Modern science - Should We Connect? Can We Connect?
January 7, 2015 Dr. Megan Davis, FAU Harbor Branch Discover: From Estuaries to the Deep Blue Ocean
January 14, 2015 Dr. Shirley Pomponi, FAU Harbor Branch Telepresence and Robotics: New Paradigms for "Virtual" Ocean Exploration?
January 21, 2015 Bill Bellville, Nature Writer and Documentary Filmmaker The Peace of Blue: Water Journeys
January 28, 2015 Dr. Esther Guzmán, FAU Harbor Branch Drugs from the Sea: Marine Natural Products as Potential Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer
February 4, 2015 John Englander, Oceanographer and Author Melting Ice, Rising Seas, Shifting Shorelines: The New Reality
February 11, 2015 Dr. Brian Lapointe & Laura Herren, FAU Harbor Branch Determining Sources and History of Eutrophication on Coral Reefs at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
February 18, 2015 Dr. Jon Moore and Dr. Sue Richardson, FAU Honors College The Manatee Project at Harbor Branch: Insights into Manatee Behavior and Student Involvement in the Project
February 25, 2015 Dr. Mark Hay, Georgia Institute of Technology Ecosystem Tipping Points, Chemical Ecology and the Death Spiral of Coral Reefs
March 4, 2015 SPRING BREAK - NO LECTURE
March 11, 2015 Dr. Dennis Hanisak, Kristen Davis and Ben Metzger, FAU Harbor Branch Indian River Lagoon Observatory: Phase 2 - Expanding Real-time Observations for Everyone
April 22, 2015 Rear Admiral Jonathan W. White, Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy and Director of Space and Maritime Domain Awareness The U.S. Navy and an Ever Changing Earth
May 27, 2015 Bill Baxley, Chief Engineer for the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center Power from the Gulf Stream for South Florida? The Environment and the Engineering
October 21, 2015 Dr. Daniel C. Flynn, FAU Vice President for Research Cancer, Personalized Medicine and Ocean-derived Drugs
November 18, 2015 Dr. Valerie Paul, Dr. Chris Freeman and Dr. Eve Galimany, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce Studying the IRL: How Little Animals Can Help the Health of the Lagoon
December 9, 2015 Dr. Jon Bell, Director of the Hallstrom Planetarium at Indian River State College The Celestial Sea
January 15, 2014 Dr. Megan Davis, FAU Harbor Branch Our Global Estuary: Lessons Learned for the Indian River Lagoon
January 22, 2014 Dr. Dennis Hanisak, FAU Harbor Branch Indian River Lagoon Observatory: Real-time Observations for Everyone
January 29, 2014 Dr. Candy Feller & Dr. Donna Devlin, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and FAU Harbor Branch Mangroves and Salt Marshes in Flux: What We See with Changing Climate
February 5, 2014 Dr. Joshua Voss & Jeff Beal, FAU Harbor Branch and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Black and Blue: What Happens When You Mix Freshwater Discharge and a Coastal Coral Reef?
February 12, 2014 Dr. Brian Lapointe & Marie Tarnowski, FAU Harbor Branch The Indian River Lagoon as a Bioreactor: New Perspectives on Sewage Pollution
February 19, 2014 Dr. Grant Gilmore, Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc. Global Centers of Biodiversity
February 26, 2014 Dr. Peter McCarthy, FAU Harbor Branch Bacteria in the Indian River Lagoon: Indicators of Health
February 27, 2014 A special lecture presented by the Friends of Harbor Branch. Dr. Andy Hemmings, Mercyhurst University Understanding Old Vero Man, with An Overview of HBOI's Ancient DNA Lab by Greg O'Corry-Crowe
March 5, 2014 Dr. Mingshun Jiang, FAU Harbor Branch Modeling Iron Cycle and Primary Productivity in the Antarctic Peninsula, Drake Passage and Scotia Sea
April 16, 2014 Greg Braun, Sustainable Ecosystems International Bird Diversity in the Indian River Lagoon – From Anhingas and Avocets to Warblers and Willets
May 7, 2014 Dr. Charles Yarish, University of Connecticut Cultivation of Seaweeds in Northeast America for Food, Feeds, and Fertilizer
June 11, 2014 Dr. Zack Jud, Florida International University Lionfish in Florida: The New Normal? What We've Learned Since Lionfish Arrived on Florida's Shores
June 18, 2014 Dr. Jeanette Wyneken, Florida Atlantic University The Science of Tracking Little Loggerhead Turtles on the High Seas
October 22, 2014 Marc Virgilio, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Managing Spoil Islands of the Indian River Lagoon
November 19, 2014 Julie Albert, Marine Resources Council North Atlantic Right Whales: How You Can Help Save Them
December 10, 2014 Dr. Ellen Prager, Marine Scientist and Author Dive Into the Story: Ocean Science Fun For All Ages
January 16, 2013 Shirley Pomponi, FAU HBOI The History of Undersea Exploration in the U.S.: Heroes & Highlights
January 23, 2013 Paul Wills, FAU HBOI Developing Sustainable Land-Based Aquaculture: Harbor Branch's Prototype IMTA System
January 30, 2013 Rita Colwell, University of Maryland College Park & Johns Hopkins University Climate, Oceans and Infectious Diseases: The Cholera Paradigm
February 6, 2013 Sir Peter Crane, Yale University The Interconnectedness of Natural and Human Systems: From Global Change to the Indian River
February 13, 2013 John Scarpa, FAU HBOI Clam Culture and Climate Change in Florida
February 20, 2013 Clay Cook, FAU HBOI Ocean Acidification - The Other CO2 Problem
February 27, 2013 Amy Wright, FAU HBOI Natural Products: Aren't They Great?
March 6, 2013 Andy Clark, Link Foundation/Dennis Hanisak, FAU HBOI "An Opportunity to Develop Your Genius": A Homecoming Celebrating 60 Years of the Link Foundation and 40 Years of the Summer Interns at Harbor Branch
March 13, 2013 Marilyn Mazzoil, FAU HBOI Days of Our Lives: Dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon
March 20, 2013 Bob Howarth, Cornell University Can We Save the Coasts from Nutrient Pollution?
March 27, 2013 Megan Davis, FAU HBOI Ocean Entrees: Seafood and Sea Vegetables
April 3, 2013 Susan Laramore & Amber Garr, FAU HBOI After the Spill...The Impact of Deep Water Horizon on Gulf of Mexico Fisheries
April 22, 2013 SPECIAL EARTH DAY LECTURE! Dr. Joe MacInnis Deepsea Challenge Expedition: The Science, Engineering, and Leadership of a 7-Mile Dive into the Mariana Trench
May 1, 2013 Deirdre R. Meldrum, Arizona State University Oceanomics and Sensorbots
June 5, 2013 Jeff Beal, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Emily Dark, Antioch University Lionfish Are Invading the Indian River Lagoon
August 28, 2013 Niclas Engene, Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce What's My Name Again? How Better Taxonomy Can Aid In Understanding Harmful Algal Bloom
September 18, 2013 Jennifer Sneed, Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce Unsung Heroes of the Sea: The Importance of Marine Bacteria in Ecological Interactions
January 18, 2012 Sue Skemp, Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, FAU Ocean Renewable Energy: Harnessing the Power of the Sea
January 25, 2012 John Delaney, University of Washington Understanding the Planetary Life Support System: Next-Generation Science in the Ocean Basins
February 1, 2012 Larry Taylor, HBOI-FAU Saving the Gentle Giants – Manatee Protection Sensors for Flood Control Gates and Navigation Locks
February 8, 2012 Lori Morris, St. Johns River Water Management District Seagrass Monitoring in the Indian River Lagoon – No Such Thing as Status Quo
February 15, 2012 Fraser Dalgleish, HBOI-FAU Undersea Gliding in the Gulf: Harbor Branch’s Latest Winged Robots’ Recent Mission to Explore Gulf of Mexico Waters
February 29, 2012 Greg O’Corry-Crowe, HBOI-FAU Challenges Facing Marine Mammals in a Changing Arctic
March 7, 2012 Joshua Voss, HBOI-FAU Everything’s Coming Up Corals! Research and Exploration in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
March 14, 2012 Kenneth Ford, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition Human-Centered Computing
March 21, 2012 Sara Edge and Clay Cook, HBOI-FAU Oil, Dispersants, and Ecosystem Health
March 28, 2012 Esther Guzmán, HBOI-FAU Sunken Treasure: Marine Drug Discovery for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
April 11, 2012 Karen Osborn, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History A Glimpse into the Pelagic Abyss: Discovery, Observation, and Evolution of Midwater Invertebrates
May 23, 2012 Jon Moore, FAU Wilkes Honors College The Other Side of Harbor Branch: Conservation on the Scrub Ridge
June 13, 2012 Edmund Gerstein, FAU Of Manatees and Men
July 25, 2012 Marc Virgilio, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Managing Lagoon Spoil Islands for Public Use and the Coastal Ecosystem
August 8, 2012 Steve Traxler, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Climate Change: Evidence It Is Happening in Florida and How Does This Effect Local Conservation
September 19, 2012 Troy Rice, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program The Indian River Lagoon: An Estuary of National Significance
October 10, 2012 Richard Aronson, Florida Institute of Technology Climate Change and the Future of the Antarctic Marine Fauna
November 7, 2012 M. Dennis Hanisak, HBOI-FAU Seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon: It’s Not Easy Being Green! (Kermit’s Lament)
January 12, 2011 Fraser Dalgleish Sensing the Future for Ocean Exploration: The Latest in Advanced Optical Sensors and Persistent Presence Platforms
January 19, 2011 Jim Masterson Friends in Low Places: Galapagos 2010 Adventure with the Friends of Harbor Branch
January 26, 2011 John Scarpa & Shirley Pomponi From the Indian River Lagoon to the Red Sea
February 2, 2011 Lori Morris, St. Johns River Water Management District Seagrass Monitoring in the Indian River Lagoon – No Such Thing as Status Quo
February 9, 2011 Megan Davis & Marty Riche Know Your Seafood: Aquaculture Myth Busters
February 16, 2011 Brian Lapointe Secrets of the Sargasso Sea
February 23, 2011 Dennis Hanisak - Shifting Baselines Water Quality In the Central Indian River Lagoon
March 2, 2011 John Reed Deep Water Coral Reefs: Oases of the Ocean: Recent Discoveries and Conservation
March 9, 2011 Lee Frey Exploring the Peru-Chile Trench
March 16, 2011 Shirley Pomponi Exploring Inner Space
April 13, 2011 Margaret Leinen, HBOI Executive Director Our Changing Oceans
May 25, 2011 Al & Patricia Dove, Georgia Aquarium Motions in the Ocean
June 8, 2011 Bob Hickerson, Maria Andreu and Pamela Schofield Lionfish, A Perfect Invader?
July 20, 2011 Vincent Encomio, Florida Oceanographic Society Oyster Restoration Efforts on the Treasure Coast
August 24, 2011 George Burgess, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida We Hardly Knew Ye: The Decline of Atlantic Sawfishes
September 7, 2011 David Pawson, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution A Distant Mirror: Deep-Sea Research Onboard the Albatross 100 Years Ago
October 12, 2011 Ellen Prager, Earth2Ocean, Inc. Sex, Drugs, and Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter
November 16, 2011 Harbor Branch Turns 40: Our History and Future Coming Together
December 7, 2011 Sarah Frias-Torres, Ocean Research & Conservation Association The Secret Life of Goliath Groupers
January 13, 2010 Dr. Amy Wright Florida Biotech: HBOI's Role in the New "Life Sciences Cluster"
January 20, 2010 Dr. Shirley Pomponi Drugs from the Sea: Sponges as Chemical Factories
January 27, 2010 Dr. Susan Laramore Oysters Got the Blues: Emerging Bivalve Disease and Climate Variability
February 3, 2010 Steve McCulloch The Status of Marine Mammals in the IRL and a Stranding Center Reborn
February 10, 2010 Dr. Brian Lapointe Reefs, Wreckers, and Shipwreckers in the Florida Keys
February 17, 2010 Dr. Joshua Voss A Decade of Demise? Charting the Past, and Future, of Florida's Coral Reefs
March 3, 2010 Dr. Tammy Frank Ocean Exploration and Deep-sea Research: Trials, Tribulations and Discoveries
March 10, 2010 Dr. Paul Hargraves The Life that Lives on Us
March 17, 2010 Dr. Dennis Hanisak Algae? This Is a Color?
March 24, 2010 Dr. Sara Edge
Using Ecological Genomics to Measure the Impacts of Global Climate Change on Reef Building Corals
April 7, 2010 Dr. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D. Global Earth Observation and Climate Change
May 5, 2010 Various Presenters Semester By The Sea: Training the Next Generation
June 23, 2010 Mark and Diane Littler, Smithsonian Institution Trials and Tribulations of Collecting Algae in Panama
July 21, 2010 Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences Seeing the World through a Shark's Eyes, and Other Sensory Systems of Elasmobranchs
September 22, 2010 Tammy Frank, Dennis Hanisak, John Reed, and Amy Wright A Quick Look beneath the Surface: The Florida Shelf Edge Exploration (FLoSEE)
November 17, 2010 John Trefry, Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology Arctic Meltdown
December 15, 2010 Students of MOA The Marine & Oceanographic Academy: Ocean Discovery with the Next Generation
If you are interested in sponsoring a lecture, or if you have any questions about the Ocean Science Lecture Series, please contact Jill Sunderland at 772-242-2506 or email at education@fau.edu.
