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Biology & Marine Biology

Welcome to the Department of Biology and Marine Biology!

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When you graduate as a major from our department, you will have all the skill sets and training that you will need for the next step in your life: a job in your field, or attendance at a graduate or professional school.

Fall Seminar Series

All seminars will be held in Dobo 1006 on Friday afternoons at 3:00 pm and streamed via Zoom (link to the right). The schedule of speakers for Fall 2023 is listed below.

Fall 2023 Biology Seminar series Schedule
Topic Speaker Date & Time Location

Temporal and spatial variations in the Cape Fear Estuary ecosystem

Dr. Martin Posey
UNCW

08/25
3:00 pm

Dobo 1006

Sensory Systems to Self-Driving Cars: Science at the Intersection of Mechanism, Theory, and Opportunity

Dr. Lorian Schweikert
UNCW

09/01
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006

MAESTRO project: towards climate-ready fisheries management in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

Dr. Arnaud Auber
ifremer
09/08
3:00 pm 
Dobo 1006
PFAS: The CFPUA Experience Beth Eckert
CFPUA
09/15
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006

Global change affects the foundation species and keystone interactions that power resistance and fuel recovery.

Dr. Marc Hensel 09/22
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006

Back to the Future: Adélie Penguin paleoecology maps their future in Antarctica

Dr. Steve Emslie 09/29
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006

Microbial Symbiosis & Ocean Health: The Ties That Bind

Dr. Patrick Erwin 10/06
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006
No Seminar No Seminar 10/13 Fall Break
Graduate Student Prospectus Symposum Various Topics 10/20
2:30 PM
Dobo 1006
Dobo 1009
TBA Dr. Nat Weston 10/27
3:00 pm
Zoom
Dobo 1006
TBA Dr. Jessie Jarvis 11/03
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006
TBA Charles Mitchell 11/10
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006
TBA Dr. Jimmy Saw 11/17
3:00 pm
Dobo 1006
No seminar No Seminar 11/24 Thanksgiving Break
TBA Dr. Jonathan Rast

12/01
3:00 pm 

Dobo 1006

Speaking Out

Dr. Blake Ushijima speaks about coral disease on the Tiny Matters podcast.

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Contact Us

UNCW Department of Biology and Marine Biology

Phone: (910) 962-3487
Fax: (910) 962-4066

601 S. College Road
Dobo Hall 1010
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-5915

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