Dr. Brandon Southall will give the Science Sunday Lecture this month at UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory Seymour Center

Sunday, April 21, 1 PM
Ocean Journeys: How I became a marine scientist
Brandon Southall Research Associate, UC Santa Cruz
President and Senior Scientist, SEA, Inc.

Not everyone knows what they want to be when they “grow-up.” And growing up in East Texas doesn’t seem like a direct path to becoming a marine scientist, but that’s how it all started for Brandon Southall.

Bass fishing in Texas, studying fresh water ecology in Montana, and a college exchange opportunity to the University of Hawai’i are just the beginnings of the story that Southall discusses from his new book Ocean Journeys: Beginnings, describing one man’s discovery of the ocean, the animals that live in it, and a passion for understanding and conserving the sea.

Southall will discuss how some of the formative personal and research experiences in his early life and career that shaped and guided his evolution as a marine scientist. These include diving and fishing in Hawai’i and the Florida Keys, tracking turtles on black sand beaches, finding the cold edges of Monterey Bay, and being fully immersed in the amazing science and collaborations at Long Marine Lab. Southall’s adventures led him to Washington DC, around the world, and back again to the Monterey Bay.

Join us at this Science Sunday for a unique look at the person behind the ocean science that is making a difference. Ocean Journeys: Beginnings is available in the Seymour Center’s Ocean Discovery Shop. Southall will be available to sign books immediately following the talk.

More information is available at http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu