Seminars

While we all take the same classes and work on the same projects, there are generally graduate students and undergraduate students enrolled in the Three Seas Program. This year, there are 6 grads and 14 undergrads. One of the few things that separates us is the requirement to take a careers seminar which includes attending lectures by visiting faculty.

So far, we have heard from the following people:
- Dr. Celine Godard-Codding on the toxicology of endangered marine mammals and turtles.
- Dr. Matt Bracken on the consequences of biodiversity changes in marine ecosystems.
- Dr. Timery DeBoer on DNA banks and the ocean genome resource
- Dr. Jon Grabowski on groundfish closures in the Gulf of Maine.
- Dr. James Douglass on animals in seagrass beds.
- Dr. Geoff Trussell on the ecology of fear and how predation affects animal behavior.
- Dr. John Mandelman on fisheries bycatch in New England.
- Dr. Randi Rotjan on temperate corals and hermit crab shell preferences.
- Anita Metzler on lobster behavior and shell disease.
- Dr. Michael Berumen on the importance of reef fish recruitment.

Besides hearing what have all been really interesting talks from really smart people, we usually get to go out for dinner and drinks afterward. All in all, it's a great way to find out about interesting research that is happening in the field and spend a little time networking while we're at it.