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Lecture Series

The Summer Lecture Series provides our Summer Student Fellows, entering Joint Program Students and other summer students with a popular and useful introduction to the breadth of oceanographic research at WHOI. The speakers are asked to gear their talks to a college Junior/Senior level, and we ask speakers to remember that many in their audience will have had little or no previous oceanography course work. Speakers are encouraged to make their talks as interactive as possible in order to motivate students to participate and ask questions.

"I really appreciated the Summer Lecture Series--I think that one of the best parts of the SSF program is that you become exposed to all different areas of Oceanography, and the lecture series was one of the primary methods for doing so! I feel like I learned so much, and it really broadened my horizons." SSF '11

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Lecture Series Archive

2025 Summer Lecture Series

DateLocationTimeSpeakerDepartmentTitle
June 4, 2025Redfield Aud9:30 AMKirstin Meyer-KaiserBiologyShipwrecks: Models for understanding a changing ocean
10:10 AMHauke Kite-PowellMarine Policy CenterFarming the sea for food and energy
June 11, 2025Clark 5079:30 AMJonas PreineGeology and GeophysicsWidespread Surtseyan Volcanism along the Northern Reykjanes Ridge
10:10 AMKaden MartinMarine Chemistry and GeochemistryWhat can noble gases tell us about ocean circulation?
June 18, 2025David Center (Quissett Campus), AVAST social hub9:30 AMColleen HanselMarine Chemistry and Geochemistry
10:10 AMSeth McCammonApplied Ocean Physics and EngineeringActive Listening with Passive Acoustics: Discovering Biological Hotspots on Coral Reefs with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
June 25, 2025Clark 5079:30 AMMeagan EagleU.S. Geological Survey - Woods HoleRestoring the tide: A century of change in coastal wetlands cut off from the ocean
10:10 AMXavier MouyApplied Ocean Physics and Engineering
July 2, 2025Redfield Aud9:30 AMXiaoting YangPhysical Oceanography
10:10 AMMak SaitoMarine Chemistry and GeochemistryDiagnosing micronutrient scarcity in the oceans from the tropics to Antarctica
July 9, 2025Redfield Aud9:30 AMMike NeubertBiology
10:10 AMMike WeirMarine Policy Center
July 23, 2025Clark 5079:30 AMElizabeth SibertGeology and GeophysicsSomething fishy this way comes: investigating shark and fish evolution using microfossils in deep sea sediments
10:10 AMHenry HousekeeperApplied Ocean Physics and Engineering
July 30, 2025Redfield Aud9:30 AMAlex GonzalezPhysical OceanographyFrom overcast clouds to some of the world’s heaviest rainfall over the tropical Pacific Ocean
10:10 AMAnn TarrantBiology