2026 John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
The John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community to learn about the important research underway at Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, and around the world.
This free series is available to the public, both in-person and virtually. Lectures are held on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. in the Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Johnson Marine Education Center Auditorium followed by a meet and greet with the speaker. Presentations will also be livestreamed and recorded.
Advanced registration is required to attend in-person, please click the button below to reserve your spot; this one-time registration will provide you with a pass for the entire season. The open-access livestream and lecture archive can also be accessed below, no username or password is needed; virtual attendees may register if they’d like to receive regular updates about the series.
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Please see the schedule below and for additional information contact the Ocean Discovery Visitors Center at 772-242-2293.
2026 Ocean Science Lecture Series topics - Spring Series
Jan. 14
An Introduction to Florida's Office of Ocean Economy at Â鶹ŮÀÉ
Jim Sullivan, Ph.D.
Jan. 21
Florida's Sea Turtles and our Changing Climate
Jeanette Wyneken, Ph.D.
Jan. 28
Into the Blue: Exploring Ocean Submarine Springs Offshore of West Florida
Jordon Beckler, Ph.D.
Feb. 4
Discovery of Anti-Cancer Drugs from the Sea
Esther Guzman, Ph.D.
Feb. 11
The Science of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Brian Lapointe, Ph.D.
Feb. 18
Our Story: The Queen Conch Lab
Megan Davis, Ph.D.
Feb. 25
From Classroom to Coastline: Preparing the Next Wave of Ocean Leaders
Gabby McHenry, Ph.D.
March 4
Plague Hunters: The Race to Find the Cause of the World’s First Pandemic
Greg O' Corry-Crowe, Ph.D.
March 11
Ocean Optics: Shedding Light on the Ocean Around Us
Wayne Slade, Ph.D.
March 18
Cell Imaging to Reveal the Hidden World of Plankton
Stephanie Schreiber and Olivia Ruchti – Graduate Student Lecture
March 25
Breaking Ground with Underwater Sound
Matt Ajemian, Ph.D.
| Jan. 8 Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch: Celebrating Our Accomplishments and Looking Ahead Jim Sullivan, Ph.D. |
| Jan. 15 An update on the Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Stranding and Population Assessment Team and their Work with Marine Mammals in Southeast Florida Steve Burton, M.S. |
| Jan. 22 Algal Blooms in Southern Florida: Current Trends and Future Directions Malcolm McFarland, Ph.D. |
| Jan. 29 Exploration of Deep-Water Habitats off Puerto Rico for Biotechnology Potential Esther Guzman, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 5 Striving for Sustainable Seagrasses in the Indian River Lagoon Rachel Brewton, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 12 Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change: Combating misinformation about the ocean, weather, and climate change . . . and having a little fun Ellen Prager, Ph.D. and Dave Jones (Guest Lecture) |
| Feb. 19 Unveiling the Hidden Role of Parasites in Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration Mike McCoy, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 26 Seeds aren’t Only for Plants - Fish Farms Need Seedstock Too Paul Wills, Ph.D. |
| Mar. 5 Coral Reef Connectivity and Conservation in a Changing Climate Ryan Eckert, M.S. and Allison Klein, M.S. (Graduate Student Lecture) |
| Mar. 12 Exploring the Rich Natural Products Chemistry of Florida's Coastal Waters Amy Wright, Ph.D. |
| Mar. 19 Ink-redible Investigations: What Sea Slugs, Cuttlefish, Whales, and Sharks all have in common Lauren Simonitis, Ph.D. (Guest Lecture) |
| Mar. 26 Blue Energy in a Blue Economy Gabriel Alsenas, M.S. |
| Jan. 10 The Quest for a Marine Sponge Cell Line: A Retrospective of Sponge Biotechnology at Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D. |
| Jan. 17 Clam Culture in a Changing Environment Susan Laramore, Ph.D. |
| Jan. 24 Stealing Sharks and Ravaging Rays? A Scientific Delve into their Impacts on Florida Fisheries Matt Ajemian, Ph.D. |
| Jan. 31 A Bath Sponges Fable: Sponge Painting and the Lobster Season Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 7 Coral Exploration, Conservation, and Restoration Joshua Voss, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 14 Remembering Mark Littler and His Contributions to Marine Plants and Coral Reef Ecology Brian Lapointe, Ph.D. and M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 21 Health and Disease in Bottlenose Dolphins Inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon Annie Page, DMV, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 28 Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery at Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Esther Guzmán, Ph.D. |
| March 6 Celebrating the Queen Conch: A Journey of Restoration with Caribbean Communities Megan Davis, Ph.D. |
| April 3 Â鶹ŮÀÉ’s New Environment School, ECOS: Building Bridges to Advance Research and Teaching Colin Polsky, Ph.D. |
| May 1 Fishers Know More Than You Aaron Adams, Ph.D. |
| Jan. 18 Saltwater Aquaculture Stories: From Sea Vegetables to Saving Queen Conch Megan Davis, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 25 A Fight without Jaws: How Sponges Persist in a Changing Environment? Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch & Â鶹ŮÀÉ Wilkes Honors College |
| Feb. 1 Spawning Induction of Bonefish to Improve Knowledge of Their Reproductive and Developmental Biology Sahar Mejri, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 8 The Hidden World of Harmful Algae in the Indian River Lagoon Malcolm McFarland, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 15 Exploring Nature's Bounty: The Wealth of Natural Products from the Sea Amy Wright, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 22 In Search of Sea Ghosts and Unicorns – The Untold Stories of Beluga Whales and Narwhals Gregory O’Corry-Crowe, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| March 1 Keeping the Sea Free of Debris: Educating our Community and Taking Action! Gabby Barbarite, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| March 8 A Brief History of NASA’s Ocean Color Satellite Program Tim Moore, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| March 15 Coastal Acidification: An Emerging Environmental Issue in the Indian River Lagoon M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., & Kristen Davis, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| April 5 Florida’s Algae Crisis: The Impacts of Nutrient Pollution Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| May 3 The Many Fates of Plastic Debris in the Ocean Tracy Mincer, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 23, 2022 The Return of Florida's Great Goliath Grouper – New Opportunities and Challenges Matt Ajemian, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch and Angela Collins, Ph.D., Florida Sea Grant |
| Mar. 2, 2022 19,000 Test Tubes: 37 Years of Microbial Research at Harbor Branch Peter McCarthy, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Mar. 9, 2022 Zephyrus, Poseidon and Charybdis: An Ocean Tale Laurent Chérubin, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Mar. 16, 2022 Getting to the (Muddy) Bottom of It: The Harmful Algal Bloom Assessment of Lake Okeechobee (HALO) Jordon Beckler, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Mar. 23, 2022 Looking Deeply: Deep Sea Discoveries and Adventures with the Johnson-Sea-Link Submersibles John Reed, M.Sc., Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., Amy Wright, Ph.D. and M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Mar. 30, 2022 From Clams to Corals: It’s a Long Story! Dave Vaughan, Ph.D., Plant A Million Corals Foundation |
| Apr. 6, 2022 The Past, Present, and Future of our Coral Reef Ecosystems Joshua Voss, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Apr. 13, 2022 The ONR CubeSat Mike Twardowski, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Apr. 20, 2022 "Celebrating 50 Years of Ocean Science for a Better World!" A panel discussion moderated by journalist Anthony Westbury with Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., John Reed, M.Sc. and Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| April 14, 2021 Technologies for Monitoring and Sustaining our Oceans in the UN Ocean Decade Donna Kocak, L3Harris Technologies |
| May 5, 2021 Wonders of Greenland: Holy Giant Iceberg! Ellen Prager, Ph.D., Marine scientist and author |
| June 16, 2021 Update on Manatee Mortality Events in the Indian River Lagoon Martine deWit, Veterinarian, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
| July 14, 2021 Exploring the Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture System at Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Gabby Barbarite, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 13, 2021 Fish Culture Research at Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch the Last 10 Years and the Future Paul Wills, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 10, 2021 A Look into East Florida’s Nearshore Hardbottom Reefs Dan McCarthy, Ph.D., Jacksonville University and Karen Holloway-Adkins, Ph.D., East Coast Biologists, Inc. |
| March 10, 2021 Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Observing a Changing Planet Tim Moore, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| March 24, 2021 Ocean Blue Holes: A Biogeochemical Treasure Trove Jordon Beckler, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 24, 2021 The Marine Biotechnology Reference Collection: A New Web-based Resource for Research Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Followed by a panel discussion with John Reed, M.Sc., Amy Wright, Ph.D., and Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 27, 2021 The Deep Sea’s Treasure Trove—Marine Natural Products as Potential Cancer Therapeutics Esther Guzmán, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| November 4, 2020 NEEMO 23: Simulating Space Exploration in a Real-life Undersea Environment Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| December 2, 2020 IRLON 2.0: Addressing Emerging Environmental Issues in the Indian River Lagoon Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 8, 2020 The Health of Our Oceans: Why You Should Care Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 22, 2020 The Florida Center for Coastal and Human Health: Integrated Approaches to Addressing Harmful Algal Blooms Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., & Amy Wright, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 5, 2020 Discovering New Chemicals from the Sea: Can We Address the Antibiotic-Resistance Crisis? Peter McCarthy, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 19, 2020 Why Razing Rays Won’t Save Our Bays Matt Ajemian, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| March 4, 2020 For the Love of Conch Megan Davis, Ph.D., & Laura Issac-Norton, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 26, 2020 Fishing for Science Aaron Adams Ph.D., & Paul Wills, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch **LIVE STREAM IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS LECTURE** |
| Feb. 12, 2020 Mid-Series Break – No Lecture |
| Jan. 29, 2020 Chasing Nutrients and Coral Reef Decline at Looe Key, Florida Keys: A Four Decade Quest Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 15, 2020 – Film Screening and Expert Q&A |
| Jan. 9, 2019 Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Harbor Branch: Looking Forward |
| Jan. 16, 2019 Tracy Mincer, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch & Wilkes Honors College Plastic Marine Debris and the Ocean Carbon Cycle |
| Jan. 23, 2019 Amy Wright, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Natural Products: Double Edged Swords? |
| Jan. 30, 2019 Gabby Barbarite, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Mission Ocean Discovery: An Overview of Outreach at Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Feb. 6, 2019 Nick Dickens, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch DNAngling – Molecular Identification of Fish in the Indian River Lagoon |
| Feb. 13, 2019 Megan Davis, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Ocean Entrées: Eat your Sea Vegetables! |
| Feb. 20, 2019 M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Junior Scientists Program: Research by the Next Generation to Preserve Our Natural Resources for All Generations |
| Feb. 27, 2019 Jon Moore, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Extending Soil Conservation to the Sea: Marine Sediments as the Next Frontier! |
| March 20, 2019 Bill Baxley, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center Power from the Gulf Stream - The Potential and the Challenges |
| April 17, 2019 Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Biological Sciences Sharks Are Snowbirds, Too: Seasonal Migration of Blacktip Sharks along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard |
| December 4, 2019 Ellen Prager, Ph.D. Galápagos Wonders |
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?
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., Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Multiple Perspectives Are Needed for Effective Conservation |
| October 24, 2018 Jim Sullivan, Ph.D, Executive Director, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute 2018 Status of South Florida Harmful Algal Blooms |
| October 10, 2018 Duane De Freese, Ph.D, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan – Looking Ahead to 2030 |
| September 19, 2018 Dr. Leesa Souto, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Indian River Lagoon Health Update |
| Jan. 10, 2018 Anton Post, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Translational Ocean Science at Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 17, 2018 Megan Davis, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Ocean Entreés: The New Food Source to Feed the World |
| Jan. 24, 2018 Aaron Adams, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Linking Fish, Habitats, and Conservation |
| Jan. 31, 2018 Shirley Pomponi, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Cuba's Forbidden Depths: Permission Granted! |
| Feb. 7, 2018 Jim Sullivan, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics in Southeast Florida and the Indian River Lagoon |
| Feb. 14, 2018 Greg O'Corry-Crowe, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Saga of the Steller Sea Lion in The Aleutian Islands |
| Feb. 21, 2018 Julie Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Microbes, Fluids, and Rocks: Life Beneath the Seafloor |
| Feb. 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Seagrass: The "Lungs" of the Indian River Lagoon |
| March 14, 2018 Esther Guzmán, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Treasures from the Deep Sea - Marine Natural Products as Potential Cancer Therapeutics |
| March 21, 2018 Joshua Voss, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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 |
| Jan. 11, 2017 Anton Post, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Climate Change Adaptation, from Marine Microbes to Coastal Communities |
| Jan. 18, 2017 Shirley Pomponi, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Deep Discoveries: Exploring the Mariana Trench |
| Jan. 25, 2017 Matt Ajemian, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Sharks with Spectators |
| Feb. 1, 2017 Steve Burton, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Importance of Marine Mammal Stranding Response |
| Feb. 8, 2017 R. Grant Gilmore, Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc. The Indian River Lagoon: Back to the Future |
| Feb. 15, 2017 Adam Schaefer, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Wildlife Epidemiology and Public Health: What Marine Species Can Tell Us about Our Shared Environment |
| Feb. 22, 2017 Heidi Pagán, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The CetOMICS Initiative: Using Molecular Biology to Study the Health of Florida’s Dolphins and Whales |
| March 1, 2017 Megan Davis, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Ocean Entreés: Cooking with a Caribbean Flair |
| March 8, 2017 Peter McCarthy, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Unexplored World of Microbial Diversity in the IRL Watershed |
| March 15, 2017 Jim Sullivan, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Harmful Algal Blooms in the Indian River Lagoon |
| March 22, 2017 J.M. Adovasio, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective |
| March 29, 2017 Annie Page, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Marine Wildlife Rehabilitation: Principles, Benefits, and Goals |
| April 5, 2017 M. Dennis Hanisak, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Indian River Lagoon: You Can Observe a Lot by Just Watching |
| May 10, 2017 Aaron Adams, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Conservation of a Prehistoric Fish through Field Research and Aquaculture |
| 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 |
| July 19, 2017 Maribeth Abrams & Panel Discussion Lionfish: The Reef Assassin |
| 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 |
| December 13, 2017 Dennis Hanisak, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Exploring Pulley Ridge: The Deepest Mesophotic Coral Reef on the U.S. Continental Shelf |
| Jan. 6, 2016 Megan Davis, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Ocean Entrees with a Twist: Shrimp Culture and Culinary Showcase |
| Jan. 13, 2016 Paul Wills, Susan Laramore, and Dennis Hanisak, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch IMTA and the Future of Aquaculture in the United States |
| Jan. 20, 2016 Laurent Cherbuin, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Frontal, Wake Eddy, Topography Control and Ecological Constraints of Fish Spawning Habitat |
| Jan. 27, 2016 Jan Rines, University of Rhode Island Exploring the Dazzling Diversity of Microscopic Life in the Sea |
| Feb. 3, 2016 Amy Wright, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Cures for Malaria, Tuberculosis, Alzheimer's? An Update on Natural Products Discovery at HBOI |
| Feb. 10, 2016 Marty Riche, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch, and Angela Caporelli, Kentucky Department of Agriculture Aquaculture in Africa: Empowerment through Food Security and Economic Development |
| Feb. 17, 2016 James McClintock, University of Alabama at Birmingham From Penguins to Plankton - The Impacts of Climate Change on Antarctic Marine Communities |
| Feb. 24, 2016 Greg O'Corry-Crowe, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Resilience in Polar Ecosystems: Adaptation to a Changing World |
| March 2, 2016 Jim Sullivan, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Phytoplankton Form and Function in the Turbulent Ocean |
| March 9, 2016 Mike Twardowski, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Remarkable Technologies Used to Explore the Ocean |
| March 16, 2016 Joshua Voss, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Linking Exploration to Conservation in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico |
| April 13, 2016 Jason Hallstrom, Â鶹ŮÀÉ River, Rooms, and Wrists: The Future of Sensing at Scale |
| May 11, 2016 John Trefry, Florida Institute of Technolog y Running Amuck: Our Six-Decade Legacy to the Indian River Lagoon |
| 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? |
| Jan. 7, 2015 Dr. Megan Davis, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Discover: From Estuaries to the Deep Blue Ocean |
| Jan. 14, 2015 Dr. Shirley Pomponi, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Telepresence and Robotics: New Paradigms for "Virtual" Ocean Exploration? |
| Jan. 21, 2015 Bill Bellville, Nature Writer and Documentary Filmmaker The Peace of Blue: Water Journeys |
| Jan. 28, 2015 Dr. Esther Guzmán, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Drugs from the Sea: Marine Natural Products as Potential Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer |
| Feb. 4, 2015 John Englander, Oceanographer and Author Melting Ice, Rising Seas, Shifting Shorelines: The New Reality |
| Feb. 11, 2015 Dr. Brian Lapointe & Laura Herren, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Determining Sources and History of Eutrophication on Coral Reefs at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| Feb. 18, 2015 Dr. Jon Moore and Dr. Sue Richardson, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Honors College The Manatee Project at Harbor Branch: Insights into Manatee Behavior and Student Involvement in the Project |
| Feb. 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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 |
| Jan. 15, 2014 Dr. Megan Davis, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Our Global Estuary: Lessons Learned for the Indian River Lagoon |
| Jan. 22, 2014 Dr. Dennis Hanisak, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Indian River Lagoon Observatory: Real-time Observations for Everyone |
| Jan. 29, 2014 Dr. Candy Feller & Dr. Donna Devlin, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Mangroves and Salt Marshes in Flux: What We See with Changing Climate |
| Feb. 5, 2014 Dr. Joshua Voss & Jeff Beal, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Black and Blue: What Happens When You Mix Freshwater Discharge and a Coastal Coral Reef? |
| Feb. 12, 2014 Dr. Brian Lapointe & Marie Tarnowski, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch The Indian River Lagoon as a Bioreactor: New Perspectives on Sewage Pollution |
| Feb. 19, 2014 Dr. Grant Gilmore, Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc. Global Centers of Biodiversity |
| Feb. 26, 2014 Dr. Peter McCarthy, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Bacteria in the Indian River Lagoon: Indicators of Health |
| Feb. 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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 |
| Jan. 16, 2013 Shirley Pomponi, Â鶹ŮÀÉ HBOI The History of Undersea Exploration in the U.S.: Heroes & Highlights |
| Jan. 23, 2013 Paul Wills, Â鶹ŮÀÉ HBOI Developing Sustainable Land-Based Aquaculture: Harbor Branch's Prototype IMTA System |
| Jan. 30, 2013 Rita Colwell, University of Maryland College Park & Johns Hopkins University Climate, Oceans and Infectious Diseases: The Cholera Paradigm |
| Feb. 6, 2013 Sir Peter Crane, Yale University The Interconnectedness of Natural and Human Systems: From Global Change to the Indian River |
| Feb. 13, 2013 John Scarpa, Â鶹ŮÀÉ HBOI Clam Culture and Climate Change in Florida |
| Feb. 20, 2013 Clay Cook, Â鶹ŮÀÉ HBOI Ocean Acidification - The Other CO2 Problem |
| Feb. 27, 2013 Amy Wright, Â鶹ŮÀÉ HBOI Natural Products: Aren't They Great? |
| March 6, 2013 Andy Clark, Link Foundation/Dennis Hanisak, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ HBOI Ocean Entrees: Seafood and Sea Vegetables |
| April 3, 2013 Susan Laramore & Amber Garr, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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 |
| 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 |
| Jan. 18, 2012 Sue Skemp, Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Ocean Renewable Energy: Harnessing the Power of the Sea |
| Jan. 25, 2012 John R. Delaney, University of Washington Understanding the Planetary Life Support System: Next-Generation Science in the Ocean Basins |
| Feb. 1, 2012 Larry Taylor, HBOI-Â鶹ŮÀÉ Saving the Gentle Giants – Manatee Protection Sensors for Flood Control Gates and Navigation Locks |
| Feb. 8, 2012 Lori Morris, St. Johns River Water Management District Seagrass Monitoring in the Indian River Lagoon – No Such Thing as Status Quo |
| Feb. 15, 2012 Fraser Dalgleish, HBOI-Â鶹ŮÀÉ Undersea Gliding in the Gulf: Harbor Branch’s Latest Winged Robots’ Recent Mission to Explore Gulf of Mexico Waters |
| Feb. 29, 2012 Greg O’Corry-Crowe, HBOI-Â鶹ŮÀÉ Challenges Facing Marine Mammals in a Changing Arctic |
| March 7, 2012 Joshua Voss, HBOI-Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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-Â鶹ŮÀÉ Oil, Dispersants, and Ecosystem Health |
| March 28, 2012 Esther Guzmán, HBOI-Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Wilkes Honors College The Other Side of Harbor Branch: Conservation on the Scrub Ridge |
| June 13, 2012 Edmund Gerstein, Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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-Â鶹ŮÀÉ Seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon: It’s Not Easy Being Green! (Kermit’s Lament) |
| Jan. 12, 2011 Fraser Dalgleish Sensing the Future for Ocean Exploration: The Latest in Advanced Optical Sensors and Persistent Presence Platforms |
| Jan. 19, 2011 Jim Masterson Friends in Low Places: Galapagos 2010 Adventure with the Friends of Harbor Branch |
| Jan. 26, 2011 John Scarpa & Shirley Pomponi From the Indian River Lagoon to the Red Sea |
| Feb. 2, 2011 Lori Morris, St. Johns River Water Management District Seagrass Monitoring in the Indian River Lagoon – No Such Thing as Status Quo |
| Feb. 9, 2011 Megan Davis & Marty Riche Know Your Seafood: Aquaculture Myth Busters |
| Feb. 16, 2011 Brian Lapointe Secrets of the Sargasso Sea |
| Feb. 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 |
| Jan. 13, 2010 Dr. Amy Wright Florida Biotech: HBOI's Role in the New "Life Sciences Cluster" |
| Jan. 20, 2010 Dr. Shirley Pomponi Drugs from the Sea: Sponges as Chemical Factories |
| Jan. 27, 2010 Dr. Susan Laramore Oysters Got the Blues: Emerging Bivalve Disease and Climate Variability |
| Feb. 3, 2010 Steve McCulloch The Status of Marine Mammals in the IRL and a Stranding Center Reborn |
| Feb. 10, 2010 Dr. Brian Lapointe Reefs, Wreckers, and Shipwreckers in the Florida Keys |
| Feb. 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 |