MLML hosts weekly seminars during the academic year, featuring speakers from a wide range of marine science disciplines. The seminar series is funded by SJSU Associated Students and organized by the MLML student body.
To receive notifications about upcoming MLML seminars and events, email your address to mlml-frontdesk@sjsu.edu.
"Focusing on how to develop graduate and undergraduate research opportunities: connecting with undergraduate students at CSUMB through research programs" Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 pm PST
Weekly Seminar Schedule
Date
Speaker
Speaker Affiliation
Seminar Title
1-27-2026
Ilana Berman Frank
University of Haifa
Aquatic Ecology and Biological Oceanography
2-3-2026
Don Croll
University of Santa Cruz
Collaborating for Conservation and Research in the Gulf of California: The 100-Year Story of El Pardito
2-10-2026
Gerick Bergsma
CSUMB
How to find and mentor undergraduates in your research
2-17-2026
Marc Slattery
University of Mississippi
The functional ecology of mesophotic sponges
2-24-2026
No Seminar
(Ocean Sciences Week - Glasgow)
3-3-2026
3-10-2026
Josh Willis
JPL
Sea Level Rise From Space
3-17-2026
SBOs
3-24-2026
Will Oestreich
University of Zurich
From physical forcing to collective behavior across oceanic scales
3-31-2026
No seminar
No seminar
No seminar (Spring Break/Cesar Chavez Day - campus closed)
4-7-2026
4-14-2026
Henry Ruhl
CenCOOS & MBARI
Integrated Ocean Observing in Support of Coastal and Climate Resilience
"Collaborating for Conservation and Research in the Gulf of California: The 100-Year Story of El Pardito" Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 pm PST
"Getting through together… Sociality in cyanobacteria: (The case of Trichodesmium)" January 27th at 12:00 pm
Dr. Monique Messié | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Presenting: "Coupling and decoupling between upwelling and biological response in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems" Hosted by: Physical Oceanography Lab MLML Seminar …
Dr. Aaron Carlisle | University of Delaware Presenting: "New biologging approaches for studying marine species and ecosystems" Hosted by: Ichthyology Lab MLML Seminar | October 7th, 2025 at 4pm (PDT) …
Dr. Manny Gabet | San Jose State University Presenting: "The (Real) Geologic History of the Stanislaus Table Mountains and Yosemite Valley" Hosted by: Geological Oceanography Lab MLML Seminar | September …
Dr. Alexa Fredston | Ocean Sciences, UCSC Presenting: "Beyond simple models of (marine) species on the move" Hosted by: Ichthyology Lab MLML Seminar | September 16th, 2025 at 4pm (PDT) …
Dr. Brooke Weigel | Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station presenting: "The ecology of kelp forests in a changing ocean: physiology, microbiomes & carbon cycling" Hosted by: Research Diving Program MLML …
Dr. Paul Bourdeau | California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Presenting: "The effects of environmental change on the importance of non-consumptive predator effects in the rocky intertidal zone" Hosted by the …
Dr. Martin Tournier | Moss Landing Marine Laboratories/SJSU Research Foundation Presenting: "Modeling the habitat use of a fearless deep-diver, the Emperor Penguin in the Ross Sea" Hosted by the Vertebrate …
Dr. Madison Wood | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Presenting: "Finding Your Fit in the Dynamic Geoscience Workforce" MLML Seminar | April 23rd, 2025 at 4pm (PDT) Watch the Live …
Dr. Qing Wang | Naval Postgraduate School Presenting: "Quantifying the Impact of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer on Optical Signal Propagation" Hosted by the Physical Oceanography Lab MLML Seminar | April …
Dr. Benjamin Perlman | California State University at Long Beach Presenting: "Putting science behind the stingray shuffle and other observations with the round stingray (Urobatis halleri)" Hosted by the Ichthyology …
Dr. Cara Wilson | NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Presenting: "Oceans from Space - Blooms and Data Access " Hosted by the Computational Oceanography Lab and Physical Oceanography Lab MLML Seminar …
Dr. Mariko Hatta | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Presenting: "Dissolved Al on the Chukchi Shelf and the Shelf Slopes in the Canada Basin" Hosted by the …
Dr. Monique Messié | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Presenting: "Coupling and decoupling between upwelling and biological response in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems" Hosted by: Physical Oceanography Lab MLML Seminar …
