Horn Point Laboratory Fall 2023 Seminar Series
September 6: Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions (ONCE) --- Introduction to the ‘Global ONCE’ UN ocean decade program, Nianzhi JIAO, Xiamen University, visiting professor UMCES-IMET
September 13: From theory to the dinner plate: how seagrass ecosystems are progressing ecology and saving humanity, Jon Lefcheck, UMCES/IAN
September 20: HPL Lightning Talks
September 27: Oyster health in Chesapeake Bay from individuals to reefs, Allison Tracy, University of Maryland Baltimore County
October 4: From gene expression to physiology: A study of chronic thermal tolerance in the Mytilus edulis species complex”, Lindsey Schwartz, University of Louisiana Lafayette/UMCES
October 11: Molecular approaches in conservation: a tour from marine to freshwater ecosystems, Dannise Ruiz, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
October 18: Satellite driven oyster aquaculture site selection, Tom Kiffneym, University of Maine
October 25: N0 SEMINAR
November 1: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of bacteriophage, an imperfect viral predator, Josh Weitz, University of Maryland-College Park
November 8: Oysters, scallops, and crabcakes: Welcome to Maryland! Stephen Tomasetti, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
November 15: CERF Conference- no seminar
November 22: Thanksgiving- no seminar
November 29: Communities on the Move: co-occurring animals migrations and interspecific intersections, Emily Cohen, UMCES-Appalachian Lab
December 6: Elusive ecological roles for microeukaryotes at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, Sarah Hu, Texas A&M University
December 13: Exploring the link between toxicity and bioluminescence in Pyrodinium harmful algal blooms, Kathleen Cusick, University of Maryland Baltimore County
December 20: TBA
December 27 - no seminar Holiday Break
Horn Point Laboratory Spring 2023 Seminar Series
February 1: Nutrient Ecosystem Services From Eastern Oysters: Combining Science and Management, Jeff Cornwell, UMCES Horn Point Laboratory Password: 8&XcApTX
February 8: Plankton ecology, technology and leadership, Mike Sieracki, Director, UMCES Horn Point Laboratory Passcode: GsF7zS.6
February 15: NO SEMINAR
February 22: NO SEMINAR
March 1: Trust in Fisheries Science: Hard to Earn, Easy to Lose, Impossible to Regain, Kenny Rose, France-Merrick Professor, UMCES Horn Point Laboratory Password: Nua@Q2P6
March 8: Transport of marine debris: From upper ocean turbulence to Delaware Bay, Tobias Kukulka, University of Delaware This seminar was not recorded.
March 15: Collaborative community science enables comprehensive sampling of soils, sediments, and surface waters across geographically distributed coastal interfaces, Allison Lewis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory password: Qmn=6Y3Z
March 22: SPRING BREAK
March 29: Progress in reducing nutrient and sediment loads to Chesapeake Bay: Three decades of monitoring data and implications for restoring complex ecosystems, Qian Zhang, USEPA- Chesapeake Bay Program No recording was made of this talk
April 5: Improving a modeling system to investigate a shallow lagoon system’s response to the extreme weather events, Meng Xia, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Password: 8=M@U!QM
April 12: "Tidal restoration may save drowning marshes: early evidence from a large-scale experiment," Alice Besterman, University of Maryland-Towson. Password: B=Lv1+0%
April 19: Soil Redox Heterogeneity and Carbon Cycling in Wetlands Under Climate Change, Jared Wilmoth, University of Maryland
April 26: Using polarized light to illuminate microplastics from environmental samples, Christine Knauss, Horn Point Laboratory (UMCES)
May 3: Accelerating a Food Systems Transition - From Global to the Chesapeake Bay, Amy Jacobs, The Nature Conservancy Password: xvZ0%cU7
May 9 (TUESDAY): Optimizing the Research Enterprise: Considerations & A Partial To Do List, Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation Password: T22?$RD7
May 10: State of the Choptank, Matt Pluta, ShoreRivers Password: =W5&wYyE
May 17: Stakeholder engagement in environmental decision making, Heath Kelsey, Integration Application Network (UMCES) Password: a#+xT5An
Horn Point Laboratory Fall Seminar Series 2022
September 7: An introduction to System Dynamics: Studying complex, dynamic systems by way of modeling, simulation, analysis, visualization, and dissemination, Pål Davidsen, University of Bergen Passcode: y0mP.5T#
September 14: Physical Modeling and Field Measurements of Wave Attenuation Through Mangrove Forests of Moderate Cross-Shore Thickness, Tori Johnson, United States Naval Academy Passcode: 4iD@!a0y
September 21: I have just one word for you, Jim Kelley, Founder and CEO Eco Plastics of Delaware. Passcode 3QH*z4cY
September 28: Faculty Lightning Talks were presented by 6 HPL faculty; William Nardin, Clara Fuchsman, Judy O'Neil, Sairah Malkin, Joe Jurisa and Andrea Pain. Passcode: 3RvO2*qd
October 5: Modeling the role of gelatinous zooplankton in global biogeochemical cycles, Jessica Luo, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researcher. Passcode: 6N0n@3+1
October 12: Photons, Phytoplankton, and Climate – Using Ocean Color to Understand a Changing Ocean, Susanne Craig, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Recording failed
October 19: Hydrological, biological, and geochemical linkages in coastal wetlands and their response to climate change, Holly Michael, University of Delaware Passcode: orFDCx9*
October 26: Microbial Biogeochemistry of Cool Hydrothermal Fluids, Sunita Shah Walters, University of Delaware. Passcode: =w=78xRG
November 2: Predictable patterns of phytoplankton in advective systems, Nathan Hall, University of North Carolina. Passcode: UC2^Z.H5
November 11: Are glaciers important in global biogeochemical cycles? John Hawkings, University of Pennsylvania. Passcode: ^A&9$v2A
November 16: Forecasting harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay using empirical habitat models, Dante Horemans, Virginia Institute of Marine Science/UMCES-HPL Passcode: Tzwr+T2j
November 30: Examining phytoplankton functional diversity to better understand the effects of climate change: examples from the symbiotic dinoflagellates, Mark Warner, University of Delaware. Passcode: &MNOUc7F
December 7: The Past, Present, and Future of Mixotrophy Research, Nicole Millette, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series 2022
February 2: Syntrophy in the subsurface, Jen Biddle, University of Delaware (recording failed)
February 9: PhytoChop: a state-of-the-art estuarine phytoplankton observatory, Greg Silsby, UMCES/HPL.
February 16: Impacts of continental ice retreat on carbon and nutrient fluxes from land to sea: insights from Greenland, Andrea Pain, UMCES/HPL
February 23: Invasion of the Sea Dwellers: the Why, How and Where of Amphibious Fishes, Noah Bressman, Salisbury University
March 2: Ocean Sciences Conference - NO SEMINAR.
March 9: How do sulfur isotopes record information about Earth’s earliest ecosystems?, Maya Gomes, Johns Hopkins University
March 23: SPRING BREAK
March 30: Extreme Science: Evaluating Effects of Climate Change on Aspects of Marine Biology in Antarctica, Karla Heidelberg. National Science Foundation
April 6: Squeezing out understanding from sequences: Genome to phenome, Eric Wommack, University of Delaware - CANCELLED
April 13: Microbial Biogeochemistry of Cool Hydrothermal Fluids, Sunita Shah Walter, University of Delaware
April 20: In hot water? Adaptation and acclimation of copepod thermal limits, Matthew Sasaki, University of Connecticut
April 27: Jellyfish Population Dynamics and Their Role in Aquatic Food Webs, Josh Stone, University of South Carolina
Horn Point Laboratory Fall 2021 Seminar Series
September 22: Environmental factors that influence microbial community composition and gene distribution in the Chesapeake Bay, Sarah Preheim, Johns Hopkins
September 29: Lightning talks by HPL faculty (virtual) Passcode: MF6xT^Z3
October 6: Harnessing genetics and genomics to better understand bee health, Rodney Richardson, Appalachian Lab Passcode: 8.?KmzX8
October 13: The Gulf Stream–barrier, blender, or…breadmaker? Enhanced mixing at sharp ocean fronts, Jacob Wenegrat, University of Maryland College Park Passcode: E3w&Wwq*
October 20: What shapes our responses to climate change?, Matt Houser, HPL and The Nature Conservancy Password: .erA7237 Lecture begins at 00:04:42 time.
October 27: The dynamics of nitrous oxide production and consumption in salt marsh sediments, "Nick" Xuefeng Peng, University of South Carolina Passcode: =E8h!3Nc
November 3: Impacts of continental ice retreat on carbon fluxes from land to air & sea: insights from Greenland, Andrea Pain, Horn Point Laboratory
November 11: Population Dynamics and Control of Vibrios, Oyster Microbiome and Effects of Aquaculture Practices, Salina Parveen, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
November 17: How do phytoplankton respond to changing climate and why does it matter? The case of the harmful dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum, Nayani Vidyarathna, Horn Point Laboratory Passcode: *Y7#hiMZ
December 1: Benthic faunal responses to deoxygenation and Pleistocene climate events in the Sea of Japan, "May" Huai-Hsuan Huang, Smithsonian. Passcode: F%?Y8srm
Spring 2021 Seminar Series
The Universe to Unicellular Organisms and Everything In-between
February 10: Toward Simulating Laws of Nature...and its Implications for a Simulated Universe Zohreh Davoudi, University of Maryland College Park
February 17: Surface-interior volatile cycling controls on exoplanet atmosphere evolution Brad Foley, Penn State University
February 24: The Search for Habitable Worlds Beyond our Solar System Leo Drake Deming, University of Maryland College Park
March 3: 2:30 PM Understanding Anthropocene Risk Pat Keys, Colorado State University
March 10: United States and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Johannes Urpelainen, Johns Hopkins University
March 24: Exploring Black Lives Matter and the Criminal Legal System as Environmental Justice Challenges David Pellow, University of California Santa Barbara
March 31: Chasing down the storm: understanding the atmosphere's science, caprice and beauty Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post
April 7: Using NASA Earth observations and Google Earth Engine to map winter cover crop conservation performance in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Alison Thieme, University of Maryland College Park
April 14: Applying environmental epigenetics to non-model marine organisms Jose Maria Eirin-Lopez, Florida International University and Hollie Putnam, University of Rhode Island
April 21: Collaboration across disciplines and species for ecological rehabilitation Ryan Hoover, Maryland Institute College of Art
April 28: Global change and wildland fire Mark Cochrane, UMCES, Appalachian Laboratory
May 5: 20,000 year history of the Choptank River Doug Levin, Washington College
May 19: Fate of trace organic contaminants in urban stormwater green infrastructure Elodie Passeport, University of Toronto
Fall 2020 Seminar Series
Assessing Coastal Risks and Enhancing Resilience: A Virtual Seminar Series
September 23: Fighting surging seas in a changing climate: Defending coastlines at all costs or strategic retreat to high ground? Ming Li, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
October 7: Coastal resilience, lessons from UK and USA case studies Nicoletta Leonardi, University of Liverpool
October 14: Marsh collapse does not require sea level rise Sergio Fagherazzi, Boston University
October 21: Sea level rise consequences in a highly developed shoreline Jim O'Donnell, University of Connecticut
October 28: North Carolina salt marshes: threats to a fragile ecosystem and conservation opportunities Carolyn Currin, NOAA/NOS Beaufort Laboratory
November 4: Relocation is the tree; adaptation is the forest: a better coastal quality of life ahead in New York City Adam Parris, New York City Mayor's Office of Resiliency
November 11: Adapting to coastal change: Opportunities and challenges for coupled human-natural systems Michelle Hummel, University of Texas, Arlington
November 18: Contrasting storm surge barriers and nature-based flood mitigation for port-estuaries Philip Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology
December 2: Coastal Ecosystem Services to support coastal policy and decision-making Ariana Sutton-Grier, University of Maryland
December 9: Developing standardized geospatial metrics for salt marsh management and restoration Neil Ganju, USGS –Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
December 16: Marsh resilience under climate change: Management and adaptation considerations Molly Mitchell, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
January 13: Green and grey infrastructure for coastal resilience: what works where? Bregje vanWesenbeeck, Deltares