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Contact: Lisa Young
334/861-7509
Dr. William Schroeder, Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and
Professor of Biological Sciences/Marine Sciences at the University of Alabama, was
recently elected Chair of the Outer Continental Shelf Scientific Committee of the
Minerals Management Advisory Board of the US Department of the Interior.
The purpose of the Committee is to evaluate the quality of research carried out by the
Mineral Management Services Environmental Studies Program, the Department of
Interior agency which studies and makes recommendations regarding offshore mineral
extractions on the human, marine and coastal environments.
Dr. Schroeder will serve as Chair for two years.
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