2008 Woodie Awards
Wiese Distinguished Lecture to be held at Mitchell Center
Ashley Gruner
Senior Reporter
Issue date: 11/12/07 Section: News
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The department of marine sciences at the University of South Alabama and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab will be sponsoring the fourteenth annual Wiese Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the John Counts Room of the USA Mitchell Center at 7 p.m.
The lecture will address the impact of human life on the Gulf Coast and the growing population boom. It will be presented by Dr. Ivan Valiela, professor of biology at Boston University's Marine Program in Woods Hole, Ma. The Boston University Marine Program is the largest non-profit oceanographic institution in the world. It is dedicated to understanding the oceans and their interaction with Earth.
Valiela will present the ideas and findings of his latest book, "Global Coastal Change." It addresses the human impact along several coastal areas and the results of the growing population along the U.S. coastlines. One concern the book addresses is the damage caused by human life that could be detrimental to the coastal environment. "Global Coastal Change" gives a concise history of ecological changes taking place along the world's coasts.
Valiela is a widely known author, educator and scientist who has presented many findings in groundbreaking fieldwork to the estuarine research discipline. He is the author of "Marine Ecological Processes," a critically acclaimed and distinguished text on coastal marine ecosystems.
Having advised more than 50 master's and Ph.D. students and contributed more than 35 years of his life to the study of estuary research, Valiela is recognized as both an excellent educator and an author of more than 200 papers. In 2005, Valiela received the William Niering Outstanding Educator Award from the Estuarine Research Federation.
According to Dr. Bob Shipp, chair and professor of marine sciences at USA, the lecture gives an opportunity for faculty and graduate students of USA and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to learn and exchange ideas with nationally and internationally renowned marine scientists through their public lectures.
"Dr. Ivan Valiela is truly a scientist-educator," Shipp said. "His work on human impacts on estuarine systems has become more relevant and critical as the coasts become even more crowded. His scientific writings have become the gold standard in the field of coastal estuarine research."
As Shipp explained, the Wiese Distinguished Lecture Series is endowed through the generosity of the late Peter Wiese and his wife Mary of Fairhope, Ala.. Both are avid supporters of marine science education and research along the Gulf Coast.
Admission to the lecture is free and open to the general public. For more information on the lecture, call (251) 460-7136.
The lecture will address the impact of human life on the Gulf Coast and the growing population boom. It will be presented by Dr. Ivan Valiela, professor of biology at Boston University's Marine Program in Woods Hole, Ma. The Boston University Marine Program is the largest non-profit oceanographic institution in the world. It is dedicated to understanding the oceans and their interaction with Earth.
Valiela will present the ideas and findings of his latest book, "Global Coastal Change." It addresses the human impact along several coastal areas and the results of the growing population along the U.S. coastlines. One concern the book addresses is the damage caused by human life that could be detrimental to the coastal environment. "Global Coastal Change" gives a concise history of ecological changes taking place along the world's coasts.
Valiela is a widely known author, educator and scientist who has presented many findings in groundbreaking fieldwork to the estuarine research discipline. He is the author of "Marine Ecological Processes," a critically acclaimed and distinguished text on coastal marine ecosystems.
Having advised more than 50 master's and Ph.D. students and contributed more than 35 years of his life to the study of estuary research, Valiela is recognized as both an excellent educator and an author of more than 200 papers. In 2005, Valiela received the William Niering Outstanding Educator Award from the Estuarine Research Federation.
According to Dr. Bob Shipp, chair and professor of marine sciences at USA, the lecture gives an opportunity for faculty and graduate students of USA and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to learn and exchange ideas with nationally and internationally renowned marine scientists through their public lectures.
"Dr. Ivan Valiela is truly a scientist-educator," Shipp said. "His work on human impacts on estuarine systems has become more relevant and critical as the coasts become even more crowded. His scientific writings have become the gold standard in the field of coastal estuarine research."
As Shipp explained, the Wiese Distinguished Lecture Series is endowed through the generosity of the late Peter Wiese and his wife Mary of Fairhope, Ala.. Both are avid supporters of marine science education and research along the Gulf Coast.
Admission to the lecture is free and open to the general public. For more information on the lecture, call (251) 460-7136.
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