The Planet Ocean Seminar Series
is free and open to the public.
The seminar is held in the
Hodder Hall of Mentors, the
main auditorium at the
UNCW Center for Marine
Science, 5600 Marvin K. Moss
Lane. The seminar will begin
promptly at 6:30 p.m. An
optional tour of the MARBIONC
facility and refreshments will
immediately follow.
Center for Marine Science
601 S. College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-5928
The Planet Ocean Seminar Series offers four lectures
each academic year, featuring prominent speakers
from our own faculty and other leading research
institutions, from well-known environmental
organizations and from government
agencies.
Printing and postage costs for this mailing
were funded by the CMS Bluefish Society
Planet Ocean
The Planet Ocean Seminar Series
Sea Level Rise:
Should I Worry?
with
Robert B. Gagosian, Ph.D.
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Due to limited seating, reservations are
required. Advance registration for Bluefish
Society members will end Apr. 1. The general public
may begin registration on Apr. 2. To make
reservations or for further information, please call
the UNCW Center for Marine Science at 910-962-2301.
Bluefish Society membership entitles you to
preferred seating at Planet Ocean seminars
and much more. Please join our school of
Bluefish Society members and help us keep
the outreach tradition at CMS afloat. For
details, call us at 910-962-2408.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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Due to limited seating,
reservations are required.
Advance registration for
Bluefish Society members
will end April 1. The
general public may begin
registration on April 2.
Sea Level Rise: Should I Worry?
with Robert B. Gagosian, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
In November of 2007, Robert B. Gagosian was appointed the first President/CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, which
was formed by the merger of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) and the Joint Oceanographic
Institutions (JOI). As President, he oversees the management of major research and education programs and coordinates the
community’s advocacy efforts, articulating to policy makers the importance of ocean research and education to the nation.
Gagosian served as director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) following a
distinguished career as a marine geochemist. As a research scientist, he studied organic substances
produced by marine organisms and their transport and transformation as they disperse through
the water column to the seafloor. His research led to the importance of the atmosphere as a
transport mechanism for land-derived organic material to the open ocean. He participated in
four major field programs, including the Sea-Air Exchange Program, which he served as an
Executive Committee member, and 14 oceanographic research voyages, including seven as
chief scientist. He is the author or co-author of some 85 scientific papers and several
technical reports.
To reserve seats, call the Center for
Marine Science at 910-962-2301.
For driving directions and more
information about CMS:
www.uncw.edu/cms
A Massachusetts native, Gagosian pursued his own academic career first at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1966 and was named outstanding
undergraduate in the Chemistry Department, and then moved to Columbia University, where he received a
Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1970. From 1970 to 1972, he was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral
Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2000 he received Honorary Doctor of Science Degrees from
Long Island University and Northeastern University.
Please join us for the fourth seminar in the 2013-14 Planet Ocean series:
Sea Level Rise: Should I Worry?
with Robert B. Gagosian, Ph.D.
Accommodations for disabilities may be requested by
contacting CMS three days prior to the event.
April 8, 2014
UNCW Center for Marine Science Auditorium
Seminar 6:30 p.m. / Refreshments 7:30 p.m.