2024 John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series

FAU Harbor Branch presents the John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series! This free public lecture series provides a forum for the community to learn about FAU Harbor Branch’s most recent discoveries directly from the scientists and engineers who make them. Lectures are held on Wednesdays at 4 pm in the FAU Harbor Branch Johnson Marine Education Center Auditorium, and advance registration is required to attend. For more information, please visit www.fau.edu/hboi/osls or contact the Ocean Discovery Visitors Center at 772-242-2293.

-January 10: The Quest for a Marine Sponge Cell Line: A Retrospective of Sponge Biotechnology at FAU Harbor Branch with Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D.
-January 17: Clam Culture in a Changing Environment with Susan Laramore, Ph.D.
-January 24: Stealing Sharks and Ravaging Rays? A Scientific Delve into their Impacts on Florida Fisheries with Matt Ajemian, Ph.D.
-January 31: A Bath Sponges Fable: Sponge Painting and the Lobster Season with Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D.
-February 7: Coral Exploration, Conservation, and Restoration with Joshua Voss, Ph.D.
-February 14: Remembering Mark Littler and His Contributions to Marine Plants and Coral Reef Ecology with Brian Lapointe, Ph.D. and M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D.
-February 21: Health and Disease in Bottlenose Dolphins Inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon with Annie Page, DMV, Ph.D.
=February 28: Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery at FAU Harbor Branch with Esther Guzmán, Ph.D.
-March 6: Celebrating the Queen Conch: A Journey of Restoration with Caribbean Communities with Megan Davis, Ph.D.
-April 3: FAU’s New Environment School, ECOS: Building Bridges to Advance Research and Teaching with Colin Polsky, Ph.D.
-May 1: Fishers Know More Than You with Aaron Adams, Ph.D.