Seaweed-Coral Interactions and 

the Structure and Function of Coral Reefs

April 5, 2012 9am -6pm

Marcus Nanotechnology Building Room 1116-1118 

School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

The workshop will be available for online viewing by clicking here.

Some of the world's leading marine biologists and coral reef ecologists will be presenting research and discussing topics related to coral-seaweed interactions and the structure and function of coral reefs.

Participants:

Mark Hay, Teasley Professor of Environmental Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Science and Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Peter Mumby, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland

Valerie Paul, Head Scientist, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

Doug Rasher, Teasley Fellow Ph.D. Student, Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Forest Rohwer, Professor of Biology at San Diego State University

Jennifer Smith, Assistant Professor in Marine Ecology and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Peter Steinberg, Professor of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales

Robert Steneck, Professor of Marine Sciences, The Darling Marine Center, University of Maine

***Lunch will be available for those that RSVP to tonya.shearer@biology.gatech.edu by March 28, 2012***

Parking and map information can be found at http://pts.gatech.edu/visitors/Pages/default.aspx