The 2013 Marine Biology Graduate Student Colloquium will be held September 20 and 21st with the College of Charleston distinguished alumna, Dr. Felicia Coleman, Florida State University, as the Keynote Speaker.
Dr. Felicia Coleman is the Director of the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Her research is focused on marine ecology, particularly as it relates to reef fishes and their interactions with other species in their community and their habitat. This interest led her to explore the effects of fishing on the demography of exploited populations, particularly in its effects on spawning aggregations of fish in the grouper family (Serranidae). She is particularly interested in how scientific findings are incorporated into the laws and regulations that affect the management and conservation of living marine resources. He leadership in this area includes service on a number of federal committees and panels charged with protecting marine resources, including the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) and the National Academy’s National Research Council panels on Marine Protected Areas (1998-2000) and Best Available Science (2003-2004). She is currently a member of the GMFMC Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical Committee and a science advisor for the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. In addition to being a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, she is an Aldo Leopold Conservation Fellow. For more information about Felicia’s research program please visit her faculty website at: http://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty-coleman.php.
The Colloquium is a showcase and celebration of graduate student research. All GPMB students in their second year or beyond are expected to present their research or research plans and the Colloquium is optional for MES students wishing to be involved. One of the goals of the Colloquium is to provide feedback to students on both poster and oral presentations; ideally, all GPMB students will do at least one of each of these during their tenure in the program. In addition, a strong preference has been expressed for having talks with substantial data content. Generally speaking, then, most students will most likely give a poster of their research proposal (perhaps with preliminary data) in their second year, and talks (with substantially more data) in later years.
As in previous years, the speaker will give the Keynote Address on Friday September 20th, 2013 and the Closing Address — following student presentations — on Saturday September 21st 2013. We will have a poster session / social on Friday evening, following the Keynote Address; following the Closing Address on Saturday, we will celebrate our graduate student presenters and introduce new students at a Lowcountry Boil.
To see the schedule and abstracts of talks, visit our website at: http://marinebiology.cofc.edu/current-students/student-research-colloquium-/index.php
