Photo of the beach in Port Aransas, Texas

Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecture Series in Marine Science

Through a generous donation in 1998, Dr. Irving Schweppe, Jr. and his daughters, Anne S. Ashmun and Jane V. S. Scott endowed the Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecture Series in Marine Science at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. The series honors the memory of a wife and mother who had a lifelong love of the marine environment, especially around Port Aransas. The lecture series brings accomplished scientists to the Marine Science Institute to interact with its faculty, staff, and students and especially to foster new ideas and research collaborations. In addition, these visiting scientists often give a lecture on a topic of interest to the general public.

For information about Public Lecture Series (click here).

To be notified by email of all upcoming public lectures, send your request to Jamey Pelfrey (jamey.pelfrey@mail.utexas.edu)

2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008, 7:00 p.m.: Dr. John Godwin, North Carolina State University (summary)
"Social Dominance, Temperature and Sex Change: Fish Tales from Coral Reefs and Salt Marshes"
Thursday, March 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m.: Dr. Rebecca J. Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (summary)
"Antarctica: Life in the Ice"
Thursday, January 31, 2008, 7:00 p.m.: Dr. Bill Miller, The University of Georgia (summary)
"Fire, Earth, Air, & Water: Some Alchemical Stories of Global Change"

2007

Thursday, April 5, 2007, 7:00 p.m.: Dr. Wei-Jun Cai, The University of Georgia (summary)
"Global Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate"
Thursday, March 29, 2007, 7:00 p.m.: Dr. Ed Malkiel, Johns Hopkins University (summary)
"Holographic Views of the Plankton World"

2006

Thursday, April 27, 2006, 7:00 PM: Dr. Robert C. Rhew, University of California at Berkeley (summary)
"Where the Land, Sea, and Sky Meet: Trace Gases in Coastal Ecosystems"

Thursday, April 13, 2006, 7:00 PM: Dr. Roy L. Caldwell, University of California at Berkeley (summary); "A Random Swim Through the Reefs of Indonesia"

Thursday, April 6, 2006, 7:00 PM: Dr. Cynthia H. Pilskaln, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (summary); "Three Seasons South: An International Antarctic Research Odyssey"

Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 7:00 PM: Dr. Hans W. Paerl, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (summary); "Effects of a rise in Atlantic Hurricane Activity on Estuarine Water Quality: The North Carolina Experience"

2005

Thursday, March 3, 2005, 7:00 PM: Dr. Paul W. Webb, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan (summary); "Of Fish, Folks, and Marshes: What are folks doing to coastal marsh fishes?"

Thursday, February 3, 2005, 7:00 pm: Dr. Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Department of Zoology, University of Florida (summary); "Alligators and Health - New Lessons from the Swamp"

2004

Thursday, March 18, 2004, 7:00 PM: Dr. J. Rudi Strickler, WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (summary); "The Small Universe within the Large Ocean: How Do Planktonic Animals Find their Food and Mates without Running into Predators?"

Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 7:00 pm: Dr. Andrea G. Grottoli, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania (summary); "Coral Bleaching: Human Impacts and Implications for Coral Reef Conservation"

Thursday, January 29, 2004, 7:00 pm: Dr. Peggy Ostrom, Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University (summary); "Fish Tales: The Politics and Ecology Behind Alaska's Salmon."

2003
Tuesday, March 4, 2003, 7:00 pm: Dr. Joseph P. Montoya, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology (summary); "Methane Ice, Methane Bubbles, and Plankton in the Deep Gulf of Mexico"

Thursday, February 27, 2003, 7:00 pm: Dr. Sybil P. Seitzinger, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey (summary); "Nutrients Flowing to the Sea: Man’s Impact on Coastal Ecosystems"

Thursday, January 29, 2003, 7:00 pm: Dr. Stacy Kim, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (summary); "Hydrothermal Vents: Archipelagos of Life on the Deep Sea Floor"

2002
Thursday, June 13, 2002, 7:00 pm: Dr. Kenneth T. Frank, Ocean Sciences Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography (summary); "Fisheries Collapses: Causes, Consequences and Recovery"

Thursday, May 2, 2002, 7:00 pm: Dr. Michael McClain, Department of Environmental Studies, Florida International University (summary); "Amazon: The Journey from Source to Sea of Earth's Greatest River"

Friday, March 22, 2002, 8:30 pm: Dr. Mimi Koehl, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley; "How Larvae of Bottom-Dwelling Marine Animals Use Smells to Land in the Right Place"

2001

Thursday, December 6, 2001, 7:00 pm: Dr. John W. Morse, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University (summary); "The Chemistry of Oceans on Mars"

Friday, July 20, 2001 at 7:00 pm: Dr. Terrie M. Williams, Department of Biology, University of California Santa Cruz; "The Killer Appetites How Sharks, Whales, Dolphins, and Otters Shape The Oceans"

Friday, March 2, 2001 at 7:00 pm: Dr. Cindy Van Dover, Department of Biology, College of William and Mary; "Life in the Extreme: Discovery of Weird Animals and Unusual Environments in the Deep Sea"

Tuesday, February 6, 2001 at 7:00 pm: Dr. James Estes, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center; "Predators and the Balance of Nature"

2000
Friday, May 19, 2000 at 7:00 pm: Dr. Eugenie Clark, Department of Biology, University of Maryland; "Sea Monsters I Have Known"

Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at 7:00 pm: Dr. Les Watling, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine; "Global Habitat Destruction: The Case Against Mobile Fishing Gear"

Wednesday, February 16, 2000 at 7:00 pm: Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; "Breathing on Earth - A Biological View on Atmospheric Oxygen"

Modified: Friday March 07, 2008