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Dauphin Island
Sea Lab Faculty Scientists
Nov 24, 2003 |
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Contact: Lisa Young 251/861-7509 Dr. Richard Aronson, Senior Marine Scientist, Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) and Professor of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama (USA), gave two invited lectures on "What is Happening on Caribbean Coral Reefs?" to the Department of Biology at the University of Houston and the Department of Geology at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Just Cebrian, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL, and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences at USA received a two-year grant from Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) for $199,383 for "Effects of anthropogenic eutrophication on the ecosystem services provided by shoalgrass (Halodule wrightii) meadows." Dr. George Crozier, Executive Director of DISL, received a $30,000 grant from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Coastal Programs for continuation of the Sea Labšs technical support program. Dr. John Dindo, Senior Marine Scientist DISL and Chair of K-12 Programs, and Marine Educator Kirsten Patterson received $78,569 from the State Department of Education under the No Child Left Behind Act for "MAST -Marine Application of Science and Technology." The grant will provide for three workshops that help educators infuse math and technology into their basic science classes. Dr. Dindo also presented a seminar for Leadership Coastal Alabama on "Natural Resources of the Mobile Bay Estuary." Dr. Monty Graham, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, USA, and DISL postdoctoral fellow Dr. Toby Bolton received a two-year grant from MASGC for $202,587 for "A molecular genetic assay for identifying and quantifying a cryptic marine bioinvader." Dr. Graham also gave two invited talks to College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and to the University of Floridašs Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Both talks were titled 'Uncovering the history of an alien jellyfish in the Gulf of Mexico'. Dr. Bob Shipp, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Chairman of the Department of Marine Sciences, USA, was recently in Washington, DC, serving on an invited panel sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on "Managing our Nation's Fisheries." |
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