Halmos Faculty Member Chairs Marine Mammal Conference, Aug. 1-5

Amy Hirons, Ph.D., a professor at Nova Southeastern University, is the chair for the upcoming Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 24^th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. The conference will be held Aug. 1-5 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach.

More than 1,800 participants from 75 countries will be attending the society’s first hybrid conference, which will be in person and streaming virtual. Scientific knowledge will be shared related to marine mammal conservation and environmental change.

Hirons is an oceanographer and professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, which is one of the sponsors for the conference. Halmos College collaborators for the event include Dimitrios Giarikos, Chemistry; and David Kerstetter, Marine and Environmental Sciences.

Among the speakers will be world renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle.

Posted 07/27/22