Synthesizing Approaches to Predict Species Responses to Global Change

The Gordon Research Seminar on Ocean Global Change Biology is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas regarding the biological implications of global change in the world’s oceans. In particular, this year’s GRS will discuss how approaches from different subfields of global change biology (e.g. ecology, evolution, physiology, and oceanography) may be synthesized in order to make more robust predictions about species responses to environmental change.

The focus of this GRS is to provide attendees the opportunity to advance both their research and outreach agendas. To that end, the GRS will feature one keynote address: a research-focused address by Dr. Carly Kenkel of the University of Southern California and a mentorship component led by Dr. Paul Barber of the University of California, Los Angeles describing effective methods for promoting diversity in marine science research. Drs. Kenkel and Barber will attend the full duration of the GRS to interact extensively with attendees and further discuss the development of research and outreach programs.