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: The Global Carbon Cycle: Ecosystem science from space David Schimel, PhD, Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
8:45 PM	Reception: Swope Center
May 30, 2025
9:00 AM	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
9:30 AM ∙ Session I	Ecosystem Science - Spanning Watersheds to the Deep Ocean Watershed studies through time and space: Advancing ecosystems studies through novel methods, experiments, models, and long-term data Wil Wollheim, PhD, University of New Hampshire Field experiments to understand soil carbon responses to climate change Caitlin Hicks Pries, PhD, Dartmouth College Dams for the defense: Beavers as Nature based solutions for drought and wildlife Jessie Moravek, PhD, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
10:15	Coffee, donuts, slide show
Session I continued	Carbon dynamics in Arctic Ecosystems George Kling, PhD, University of Michigan Scaling across fields, farms and forest: An ecosystems lens to landscape ecology Gillian Galford, PhD, University of Vermont The Oceanic Flux Program: Sinking particles reveal interactions between the ocean and climate Rut Pedrosa Pamies, PhD, Marine Biological Laboratory Questions and Morning Panel discussion
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM ∙ Session II	Microbiomes - Organisms to Ecosystems Microbes in the marsh: how our smallest marsh residents respond to long-term nutrient enrichment Jennifer Bowen, PhD, Northeastern University Is anoxia a hoax? Evidence for widespread “dark oxygen” production in apparently anoxic environments Emil Ruff, PhD, Marine Biological Laboratory Chemosynthetic Symbioses: From deep-sea hydrothermal vents to shallow reducing sediments Colleen Cavanaugh, PhD, Harvard University Global Patterns in River Microbiomes: Insights for Advancing Hydrologic and Ecological Predictions Byron Crump, PhD, Oregon State University Uncovering the role of fungi in nitrogen and carbon cycling in marine environment Nick Peng, PhD, University of South Carolina Refreshments in the lobby
3:15 PM ∙ Session III	Looking Forward - The next 50 years of Ecosystems Science Arctic futures Jim McClelland, PhD, Marine Biological Laboratory Ecosystems in the Future: How to use lessons from a rocky past? Charles Vorosmarty, Ph.D City College of New York, Hunter College Can ecosystem science contribute to assessing the greenhouse gas footprints of fossil fuels? Robert Howarth, PhD, Cornell University Questions and Afternoon PANEL DISCUSSION
4:30 PM	Bar-B-Que
May 31, 2025
10:00 AM	Plankton in our Midst Art and Science Exhibit, Open House