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San Juan Nature Institute’s annual winter lecture series in collaboration with University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs begins on Thursday Jan. 21 with a lecture by Adam Summers with the intriguing title: Biomaterials from the Sea – a naturalist swims with Edison.
The lectures are open to the public and take place in The Commons, at UW Friday Harbor Labs at 7 p.m. On Feb. 4, Timothy Dwyer will offer a talk on Modern Voyages of Exploration: Teleprescence, Cabled Oceanography, and Giant Robots aboard E/V Nautilis and R/V Thompson.
In summer of 2015, Dwyer was selected to join the team on board Exploration Vessel Nautilis as Communications Fellow, then transferred to UW Research Vessel Thompson, experiences he shares with his students at Spring Street International School, and with SJNI.
Join SJNI for stories, and pictures, of life on hydrothermal vents, marine forensic studies, subduction zones and continental shelves and the trials of steering giant robots in murky waters. Megan Dethier will present the third in our series with a talk on Armoring on Salish Sea shorelines: Documented impacts and implications for future actions. Dethier is associate director of UW Friday Harbor Labs and is eminently qualified to speak on this topic as her research focuses on basic and applied aspects of the ecology of marine and estuarine shorelines.
Her talk will be on Feb. 25. On March 30 come to the lecture to learn 25 things you did not know about sharks! Gene Helfman, resident of Lopez Island and Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia has studied fish conservation for his entire career and will share his knowledge of sharks with us.
The Arthur Whiteley Lecture Series was named in honor of the late Arthur Whiteley, former board member of SJNI whose enthusiasm for the series was instrumental in bringing current science to island audiences for a decade. The lectures are free, though donations are welcomed.
Each will take place at 7 p.m. in The Commons at Friday Harbor Labs. Flashlights are recommended to negotiate the parking lot behind The Commons. All are welcome For further information visit their website.
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