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Speakers Bureau
The Speakers Bureau at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science provides opportunities to invite VIMS faculty and staff for talks or other outreach activities at your community organization, school, club, business, or other venue. The topics available are as varied as VIMS' research (see list below). General VIMS presentations are also available for those wishing to learn more about VIMS’ research programs, advisory service, and outreach education.
For more information, or to arrange a speaker, call 804-684-7846 or e-mail [[programs]].
Current Speakers & Topics
(list current as of January 1, 2012)
| Name | Audiences | Topics |
| Stan Allen | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers | Oysters, aquaculture |
| Deborah Bronk | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders |
Adults—How Science Works in the US Students—Research in Antarctica, Science as a Career |
| Elizabeth Canuel | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers | Carbon cycle, eutrophication, climate change, algal biofuels |
| Ryan Carnegie | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Oysters, marine diseases, and parasites |
| Brandon Conroy | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Marine ecology, marine-science careers, zooplankton (krill, jellyfish, larval animals, etc.) |
| Courtney Harris | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Numerical models for oceanography, coastal physical processes |
| Jennifer Dreyer | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Antarctica, hydrothermal vents, naming new species/taxonomy, benthic ecology |
| Karen Duhring | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers | Coastal management, shorelines, environmentally friendly landscaping, wetlands |
| Debra Gauthier | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Multispecies fisheries research, fish ageing, fish diets, NEAMAP, ChesMMAP |
| Kirk Havens | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Chespeake Bay, marine debris ("ghost" crab pots), wetlands, thermal imaging of natural resources, adaptive management of natural resources, environmental indicators |
| Carl Hobbs | Adults | Potential consequences of sea-level rise, geological history of Chesapeake Bay, considerations for developing offshore energy resources |
| Carol Hopper Brill | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Careers in marine science, composition & origins of sand, coastal processes affecting sand |
| Rom Lipcius | Adults | Blue crab fishery and ecology, native oyster restoration |
| Drew Luellen | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Oil in the marine environment, environmental contamination |
| David Malmquist | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | VIMS overview, climate change, tropical cyclones, geology |
| Roger Mann | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Climate change, bay issues, oysters |
| Susan Maples | Adults | VIMS overview and/or Outreach Programs |
| Jennifer Martin | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Rare deep sea fishes; ink-producing fishes; longest bony fish (oarfish); folklore/legends associated with Japanese fishes |
| Evan McOmber | Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Fisheries science, VIMS shark survey, VIMS bottom trawl survey |
| Mark Patterson | Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Underwater robots, living underwater, global warming |
| James Perry | Adults | A naturalist's view of a paddle from the Andes to the Pacific |
| Pamela Reynolds | Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders | Marine ecology of Chesapeake Bay; food webs; biodiversity |
| Walker Smith | Adults, K-5th Graders | Antarctica |
| Lori Sutter | Adults | Wetlands |
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