Host a Lecture - Museums and Public Venues
Climate change, volcanoes, the origins of life – far flung topics unified through a unique research program. The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program and its program predecessors have been sailing the world’s oceans for over 40 years, recovering over 200,000 meters of samples. The accomplishments of this international research effort are now available for museums and their outreach programs.
The Distinguished Lecturer Series is organized by the Consortium for Ocean Leadership – with funding from the National Science Foundation – to bring scientists performing cutting edge research with scientific ocean drilling to museums for public speaking events. Normally only available to universities, three of the program’s Distinguished Lecturers have geared their lecturers specifically for museum audiences.
Ocean Leadership will fund the speaker’s transportation expenses; the host museums are asked in turn to provide support for local expenses. Ocean Leadership can also work with the museum to provide a professional development workshop to compliment the lecture.
The application period to host a lecture for 2010-2011 has closed. Please check back to apply to host a lecture in 2011-2012.
2010-2011 Distinguished Lecturers
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Dr. Ivano Aiello Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Marine Microfossils: What Do They Tell Us About Past Climate Change and Life in Extreme Environments |
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Dr. James Cowen University of Hawaii Life Deep Beneath the Ocean: The Most Remote Biosphere on Earth |
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Dr. William Sager Texas A&M University What are Hotspots? (I Thought I Once Knew): New Perspectives on Oceanic Volcanism |
