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Lecture Series

The Summer Lecture Series provides our Summer Student Fellows, entering Joint Program Students and other summer students with a popular and useful introduction to the breadth of oceanographic research at WHOI. The speakers are asked to gear their talks to a college Junior/Senior level, and we ask speakers to remember that many in their audience will have had little or no previous oceanography course work. Speakers are encouraged to make their talks as interactive as possible in order to motivate students to participate and ask questions.

"I really appreciated the Summer Lecture Series--I think that one of the best parts of the SSF program is that you become exposed to all different areas of Oceanography, and the lecture series was one of the primary methods for doing so! I feel like I learned so much, and it really broadened my horizons." SSF '11

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Lecture Series Archive

2026 Summer Lecture Series

DateLocationTimeSpeakerDepartmentTitle
June 3, 2026Redfield Aud9:30 AMOlivier MarchalGeology and GeophysicsGlacial meltwater discharged into the North Atlantic: Where does it go and how fast?
10:10 AMKirstin Meyer-KaiserBiologyShipwrecks as models for understanding a changing ocean
June 10, 2026David Center (Quissett Campus), Social Hub9:30 AMSeth McCammonApplied Ocean Physics and EngineeringActive Listening with Passive Acoustics: Discovering Biological Hotspots on Coral Reefs with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
10:10 AMNare KarapetyanApplied Ocean Physics and Engineering
June 17, 2026Redfield Aud9:30 AMAdam SubhasMarine Chemistry and Geochemistry
10:10 AMSarah ShackletonGeology and Geophysics
June 24, 2026Clark 5079:30 AMLaela SayighBiology
10:10 AMAndy HeardGeology and Geophysics
July 1, 2026Redfield Aud9:30 AMDi JinMarine Policy CenterSocial and economic impacts of Sargassum on coastal communities
10:10 AMIsabela Le BrasPhysical OceanographyChimneys into the deep ocean: measuring the ocean circulation around Greenland
July 8, 2026Clark 5079:30 AMAlex KinsellaPhysical OceanographyClouds, Climate, and the Ocean
10:10 AMChris ReddyMarine Chemistry and GeochemistryImportance of defying the scientist stereotype
July 22, 2026Clark 5079:30 AMPeter BarryMarine Chemistry and GeochemistryVolatile characteristics of Hikurangi Subduction Zone thermal fluids
10:10 AMXiaoting YangPhysical OceanographyDeep Eastern Boundary Currents: how ballet dance goes in the deep ocean
July 29, 2026Redfield Aud9:30 AMJames WainainaBiologyUncovering the Hidden Coral Virosphere: Diversity, Ecology, and Functional Roles of Coral-Associated DNA Viruses Across 32 Pacific Islands
10:10 AMHenry HousekeeperApplied Ocean Physics and Engineering

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