Speaker: Anuschka Faucci, UHM Dept. of Biology
Title: The Magical World of Plankton and Invertebrate Life Cycles
Please arrive by 6:15 p.m. Parking is free after 4:00 p.m., no admission fee for the seminar. Questions? Call (808) 397-5840 or e-mail hbaynews@hawaii.edu.
Speakers: Gordon Bennett, Assistant Professor, and Meng Mao, Postdoctoral Researcher, UHM CTAHR
Title: Co-evolution of Obligate Symbioses in Sap-feeding Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Speaker: Sofia Ferreira, Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
Title: A Time for Every Season: Seasonal Cycles of Plankton from Gappy Data
Speaker: Stephanie Porter, Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Vancouver
Title: Mutualistic Host-Microbe Coevolution and Environmental Adaptation
Speaker: Cin-Ty Lee, Dept. of Earth Science, Rice University, TX
Title: Deep Mantle Roots and Continental Emergence: Implications for Whole-Earth Elemental Cycling, Long-Term Climate, and the Cambrian Explosion
Speaker: Nicole Chatterson, EECB Student, UHM Dept. of Anthropology
Title: The Ecological Implications of Honolulu’s Waste Management System
Speaker: Jan Vicente, UHM Hawaii Inst. of Marine Biology
Title: The “Hitched” and “Single” Lifestyles of the Marine Sponge Xestospongia deweerdtae
Please arrive by 6:15 p.m. Parking is free after 4:00 p.m., no admission fee for the seminar. Questions? Call (808) 397-5840 or e-mail hbaynews@hawaii.edu.
Speaker: David Griffin, Research Scientist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia
Title: Surface Drift and the Search for MH370
Speaker: Norbert Schorghofer, Associate Astronomer, UHM Institute for Astronomy
Title: The Coldest Places in Hawaii: The Microclimates of High-Altitude Craters and Caves
Please bring a cup and join us for coffee, tea, and cookies, 3:00 p.m., MSB courtyard.
The Impact of the Submesoscale on the Physics and Biology of the Upper Ocean
This mini-workshop will feature visiting scientists as well as SOEST faculty and staff. The agenda is as follows.
-1:00 p.m. Patrice Klein, IFREMER, A New Vision of the Ocean Dynamics: Impact of Small-Scale Structures (10 km) on Large-Scale Motions (1000-6000 km)
-1:30 p.m. Bo Qiu, UHM Dept. of Oceanography, Submesoscale Transition from Geostrophic Flows to Internal Gravity Waves
-2:00 p.m. Lee Fu, JPL, The Design of an In-situ Observing System for the Calibration/Validation of SWOT
-2:30-2:45 p.m. Break
-2:45 p.m. Hide Sasaki, JAMSTEC, Production Mechanism of Submesoscales in the Eastern Subtropical Pacific
-3:15 p.m. Daiki Ito, Tohoku University, Distribution of Submesoscale Phenomena Deduced by In-situ Data
-3:45 p.m. Kelvin Richards, UHM Dept. of Oceanography/IPRC, The Impact of Climate Change on Submesoscale Activity
-4:00 p.m. Workshop ends.
