SMS Seminar Schedule Fall 2026
SMS is continuing our weekly seminar series with an eclectic list of speakers from the School of Marine Sciences and beyond. Please see our list of scheduled speakers below and reach out to us with any questions!
SMS Weekly Seminar
Fridays, 11:00 – 12:00 pm
In person: Aubert 354 (Orono), Brooke Hall (DMC)
| Date | Speaker | Talk Title or Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 10/2/26 | Justin Baumann, Bates College | Marine ecophysiology under global change – how organisms and ecosystems respond to a rapidly changing world |
| 10/9/26 | Gabrielle Carmine, Georgetown University | ‘Right to Fish’ for whom: Disentangling the governance of high seas fisheries management and clashing conservation futures |
| 10/16/26 | Kelsi Furman, Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Fostering knowledge co-production for marine social-ecological systems |
| 10/23/26 | Chris Brehme, Lobster Institute at UMaine | Charting common ground: Advancing lobster science with industry |
| 10/30/26 | Sarah Redmond, Springtide Seaweed LLC | Maine grown: Seaweed, aquaculture, and the future of Maine seafood |
| 11/6/26 | Julia Zeh, Maine Department of Marine Resources | Passive acoustic monitoring of whales across scales: From vocal behavior to ecological trends |
| 11/13/26 | Lee Karp-Boss, University of Maine | Tara Polar Station |
| 11/20/26 | Divya Rose, Aquaculture Research Institute at UMaine | Microbial community dynamics and antibiotic resistant determinants in catfish culture systems |
| 11/27/26 | No Seminar | Thanksgiving Break |
| 12/4/26 | TBD | Fisheries Science, hosted by the Kerr Lab |
| 12/11/26 | Georgios Boumis, UMaine and Maine Sea Grant | Coastal engineering and infrastructure resilience |
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