SOEST oceanography professor Angelicque White has been invited to speak at the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) 5th Annual Frontiers in Ocean Sciences Symposium on Thursday, June 22, 2023 from 6:30 to 11:00 am HST (12:30 to 5:00 pm ET).

In celebration of June as World Ocean Month, the NSF Frontiers in Ocean Sciences Symposium highlights NSF-supported scientists who are transforming ocean science and are at the frontiers of their field.

White, who conducts research through the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) and is the principal investigator for the Hawai‘i Ocean Time-series program, will discuss ocean observing systems and the predictability, as well as mysteries, of life.

“It’s such an honor to be invited to this important forum to discuss and highlight our research,” said White. “Hawai‘i is a nexus for cutting-edge oceanography and an important and wildly relevant place for seagoing open-ocean research. It is fitting that we share our stories of ocean observation and ocean change.”

Additional speakers will join White for the annual event, including Heidi Sosik from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Noel Bartlow Jackson from Kansas University, and Patrick Heimbach from University of Texas Austin.

The symposium will also include three of last year’s speakers returning for an alumni panel discussion, including Amina Schartup from U.C. San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Claudine Hauri from University of Alaska, and Dan Okamoto from Florida State University. 

The event is free and open to all. To register in advance for the virtual symposium, click here. 

Article originally written by Marcie Grabowski for SOEST News.