Marine scientists at Brown University have determined that the size of rocks in rocky intertidal areas is important to the survival of a common marine animal, the acorn barnacle. The bigger the rock, the less its temperature fluctuates during hot spells. That’s better for the barnacle, which needs rock temperatures to not exceed a certain […]
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Leslie lab member Courtney Mattison is featured on the Brown News page this week! Courtney, a Brown University master’s candidate, unites her interests in art and environmental studies in her large-scale ceramic coral reef wall installation, on display this spring at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters in Washington, D.C. Under Secretary of Commerce […]
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Leila Sievanen, Leslie Lab postdoc, and Heather Leslie will be speaking at the annual meeting of AAAS in Washington, DC later this week on the need to better understand the ocean’s varied habitats and how they change over time, as well as the need to involve all constituencies in conservation and management discussions. Heather’s talk […]
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Download the 2011 application (due February 15th) and read about the 2010 fellows’ projects at the new Brown Environmental Fellows website. BEF is directed by Heather Leslie and is open to all Brown juniors interested in environmental science and policy.
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Leslie Lab postdoc Sheila Walsh has a new article on her Kiribati ecological-economic research in Marine Biology. For more on the research, and related work in the Leslie Lab, see http://today.brown.edu/articles/2010/12/reefs
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Brown University’s Environmental Change Initiative seeks candidates for one or more distinguished postdoctoral positions in interdisciplinary environmental science. Applications are due 3/1/2011. For more information, please see http://brown.edu/Research/ECI/
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Marine biologists are developing an appreciation for conservation, a change that is creating new jobs. Emma Marris reports…. In an article for naturejobs.com, Prof. Leslie and others describe the growing trend in marine conservation science jobs in academia, non profits and the government. For a PDF copy of the article, click here.
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Online applications for the Brown Environmental Fellows Program are due January 15, 2010. Contact potential faculty mentors or student partners now! For more information, contact Prof. Leslie via email. The Brown Environmental Fellows (BEF) Program will introduce undergraduate environmental scientists to the dynamic interface between environmental science, policy, and practice. Working with Brown faculty and […]
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