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.

To request a VIMS speaker, please fill out our online form.

Current Speakers & Topics

(list current as of February 25, 2019)

Name	Audiences	Topics
Stan Allen	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers	Oysters; aquaculture
Sally Brooks	Adults	VIMS overview and/or Outreach Programs
Ryan Carnegie	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers	Oysters; marine diseases and parasites; ecology; biology
Jennifer Dreyer	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	Antarctica; hydrothermal vents; naming new species/taxonomy; Deep Sea Biology; invertebrates
Karen Duhring	Adults	Coastal management; living shorelines; native plants; environmentally friendly landscaping (BayScapes); tidal wetlands
Mary Fabrizio	Adults	Invasive blue catfish; Fishes of Chesapeake Bay (trawl survey information); hypoxia effects on fishes
Debra Gauthier	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	Multispecies fisheries research; fish ageing; fish diets; predator prey interactions; NEAMAP; ChesMMAP
Courtney Harris	Adults, K-5th Graders	Numerical models for oceanography; coastal physical processes; physical and geological "geography"of Chesapeake Bay
Kirk Havens	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	Chesapeake Bay; marine debris ("ghost" crab pots); wetlands; using thermal imaging to monitor animals in the wild; adaptive management of natural resources; environmental indicators
Carol Hopper Brill	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	STEM Careers in Marine Science What Can You Learn from Sand? The Shelton Short Scholars PERFECT Collection: STEM lessons & Activities from VIMS Graduate Students
David Johnson	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	Salt marshes; salt marsh ecology; invertebrate ecology
Lisa Kellogg	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	VIMS: Science for the Bay, Impact for the World (and Your Plate); oyster reefs; oyster reef restoration
David Malmquist	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	VIMS overview
Jeff Shields	Adults	Disease ecology; crabs and other crustaceans
Jess Small	Adults, K-5th Graders	Oysters: biology, reproduction, process from hatchery to plate; VIMS' role in the VA oyster industry
Walker Smith	Adults, K-5th Graders	Antarctic oceanography
Richard Snyder	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers	(Eastern Shore) Persistent organic pollutants, oil spill, Bay scallop restoration, The Role of Science in Society
Patricia Thibodeau	Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	Antarctica; climate change; zooplankton ecology; ocean acidification; pteropods (open ocean snails)
Zoemma Warshafsky	Adults, Middle/High Schoolers, K-5th Graders	Why we should consider diseases/parasites in fisheries management; the importance of eel fishery