50th Anniversary Program | Marine Biological Laboratory

Program subject to change and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Time	Speaker
May 29, 2025
7:30 PM	Keynote Address: David Schimel, PhD, Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
	Reception: Swope Center
May 30, 2025
TBD	Welcome and Introduction Welcome Nipam Patel, PhD, Director, Marine Biological Laboratory Looking Back at 50 Years of Science at the Ecosystems Center Anne Giblin, Ph.D. Director, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
AM ∙ Session I	Ecosystem Science - Spanning Watersheds to the Deep Ocean Wil Wollheim, PhD, University of New Hampshire Caitlin Hicks Pries, PhD, Dartmouth College Jessie Moravek, PhD, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Rut Pedrosa Pamies, PhD, Marine Biological Laboratory George Kling, PhD, University of Michigan Gillian Galford, PhD, University of Vermont
TBD	Lunch: Swope Center
PM ∙ Session II	Microbiomes - Organisms to Ecosystems Jennifer Bowen, PhD, Northeastern University Emil Ruff, PhD, Marine Biological Laboratory Colleen Cavanaugh, PhD, Harvard University Byron Crump, PhD, Oregon State University Nick Peng, PhD, University of South Carolina
PM ∙ Session III	Looking Forward- The next 50 years of Ecosystems Science Jim McClelland, PhD, Marine Biological Laboratory Robert Howarth, PhD, Cornell University
4:00 PM	Bar-B-Que
May 31, 2025
AM	Plankton in our Midst Art and Science Exhibit, Open House