Past Events

Start the new year and semester on the right foot—with tacos and community!

8:30 am – 9:30 am

The University of Texas Marine Science Institute will be observing its Winter Break from 12/23/2024 to 1/1/25.

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

This study uses a robotic shrimp model to explore metachronal swimming, revealing lift generation via leading-edge vortices and aiding bio-inspired robot design.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Sarah Santos - Postdoctoral Fellow - UT Institute for Geophysics

Help us keep our beaches beautiful by joining the UTMSI Green Team for our annual Jetty & Beach Cleanup!

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

This study models mangrove (Avicennia germinans) water-carbon dynamics, exploring salinity and humidity effects to improve climate models amid rising sea levels.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Ashley Matheny, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and University of Texas at Austin

This dissertation explores eukaryote origins using 10+ Tb of deep-sea metagenomic data, revealing 60+ unclassified taxa. It doubles genomic resources, linking Asgardarchaeota to carbon cycling and eukaryogenesis.

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Kathryn Appler

Description coming soon.

9:00 am – 10:00 am • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Philip Souza, Jr., University of Texas, and Marine Science Institute

Join Science Under the Stars for this November talk as Ph.D. candidate Luke Larter introduces you to some of his favorite players in Austin’s star-lit symphony, teaching you their calls and the right times to listen for them.

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Maddie Brightbill

Student Travel Award Seminar

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Mathea Kurts-Shaw, Hannah Rempel, and Kyle Runion

Ben Jelen will discuss microbes in biogeochemical cycles and his work on seaweed biorefineries tackling Sargassum blooms and methane reduction.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Ben Jelen - PhD Candidate - Rutgers University