GLIN==> Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory Announces Guest Lecture Schedule

Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory Announces Guest Lecture Schedule

 

May 27, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

PUT-IN-BAY, OH-Stone Laboratory, Ohio State University's island campus on
Lake Erie, has announced its 2011 Guest Lecture Series for the summer of
2011. Beginning on Thursday, June 16, the series offers a unique opportunity
to hear authorities from their respective fields speak on a variety of
issues facing Lake Erie, including bird conservation and climate change.

 

Researchers will give brief summaries of their research at 7:00 p.m. and
lectures will last from 7:45 p.m. to approximately 9:00 p.m. Guests are
invited to take a Lake Erie Water Taxi, at their own expense, at 6:30 or
7:15 p.m. from the Boardwalk Restaurant dock to Gibraltar Island, where they
will be given a short tour before the lecture.

 

The public can view the lectures and research briefs via a live web seminar
from any computer with internet access. Connection is simple and fast. Those
interested in more information about the webinar option and getting the
log-in information for specific lectures should send an email to Matthew
Forte at  <mailto:forte.40 at osu.edu> forte.40 at osu.edu.

 

The lectures also will be broadcast live into 333C Kottman Hall on the OSU
main campus and available a few weeks after each presentation as podcasts at
<http://stonelab.osu.edu/events/guest-lectures>
stonelab.osu.edu/events/guest-lectures.

 

"The Guest Lectures Series is a great way to get Great Lakes information out
to the public," says Dr. Jeff Reutter, Director of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone
Laboratory. "I encourage the public to come and take advantage of the
opportunity to hear and interact with each of them."

 

This year's lectures and research presentations include:

 

6/16     Dr. Amanda Rodewald, Professor, OSU School of Nat. Resources

"Bird Conservation in an Urbanizing World:  Are We Winging It?"

 

6/23     Research Brief: Dr. James Marshall, Asst. Professor of Biology,
Rockford College

            "Bird dispersal of invasive honeysuckle: residents versus
migrants"

            Scott Nally, Director, Ohio EPA

            "OEPA Update/Director's Initiatives"

 

6/30     Research Brief: Dr. Lawrence A. Krissek, Professor & Assoc.
Director, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University

            "Evidence for Pliocene climate changes in Antarctica at orbital
and sub-orbital timescales"

            Dr. Charles E. Herdendorf, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State
University

            "The Origin and Evolution of Presque Isle Sandspit (Erie,
PA)-How it Contributed to Commodore Perry's Victory at the Battle of Lake
Erie."

 

7/7       Research Brief: Dr. John-David Yoder, Assoc. Professor & Chair,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Ohio Northern University

            "Robots for environmental science"

            Dr. Stuart Ludsin, Professor, OSU, Evolution, Ecology, or
Organismal Biology

            "Climate Change Impacts on Fishes of the Great Lakes"

 

7/14     Research Brief: Dr. Christopher Winslow, Asst. Professor, Biology
Department, Kutztown University

            "Hypoxia in the Western Basin of Lake Erie: Low oxygen in a
shallow system"

            David Mustine, Director, ODNR

            "Productive Partnerships: Watersheds and Lakes"


 


7/28     Research Brief: Ms. Linda Merchant-Masonbrink, Coordinator of the
Harmful Algal Bloom, Inland Lake, and Source Water Assessment Programs; Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency

            "Ohio's harmful algal bloom response strategy"

Dr. Lawrence Krissek, Department of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State
University

            "The Geologic History of the Lake Erie Basin"

 

8/4       Research Brief: Dr. Darren Bade, Asst. Professor, Department of
Biological Sciences, Kent State University

            "Should we care about nitrogen in Lake Erie?"

            Dr. Andrew Gronewold, Physical Scientist/Hydrologist, NOAA,
GLERL

            "Climate Change Impacts on Great Lakes Water Levels"

            

8/11     Research Brief: Ms. Sarah Opfer, Great Lakes Regional Coordinator,
Marine Debris Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

            "A Smorgasbord of Marine Debris"

            Laura Powell, Assistant Director, OEPA

            "The Reality of Public Policy and the Environment"

 

Upon request, broadcasts can be sent to other remote locations. For
information on simulcast opportunities, contact the Stone Laboratory Office
at 614.247.6500.



Located on the 6.5-acre Gibraltar Island in Put-in-Bay harbor, Stone
Laboratory is The Ohio State University's Island Campus on Lake Erie and the
education and research facility of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program. The
Ohio State University's Ohio Sea Grant Program is part of NOAA Sea Grant, a
network of 32 Sea Grant programs dedicated to the protection and sustainable
use of marine and Great Lakes resources. For information on Ohio Sea Grant
and Stone Lab, visit
<http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/_cms/news/ohioseagrant.osu.edu>
ohioseagrant.osu.edu.

 

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Contact:

 

Jeffrey Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, Director,
614.292.8949,  <mailto:reutter.1 at osu.edu> reutter.1 at osu.edu.

 

Eugene Braig, Assistant Director, Ohio Sea Grant, 614.247.6684,
<mailto:braig.1 at osu.edu> braig.1 at osu.edu.

 

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