2022 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series
The 2022 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series, presented by the Save Our Seas Foundation, features scientists, conservationists, researchers and educators who will share their passion for our oceans in programs designed for Museum guests of all ages.
2022 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series
| Date/Time | Topic* | Speakers* |
| April 7 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | White Sharks and Community Safety | Greg Skomal, marine biologist, underwater explorer, photographer, aquarist and author with Boston University |
| May 5 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Hammerheads and Recreational Fishing | Jill Brooks, graduate student at Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Hannah Medd, founder of the American Shark Conservancy |
| June 2 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Ocean Education and Conservation | Derek Burkholder, director of the Marine Environmental Education Center at Nova Southeastern University |
| July 7 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Bonnethead Shark Ecology | Cheston Peterson, fisheries scientist with NOAA |
| August 4 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Sawfish Education | Jeff Whitty, founder of Sawfish Conservation Society |
| August 30 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Whale Shark Tracking | Sofia M. Green Iturralde, researcher and data analyst at the Galapagos Whale Shark Project |
| September 1 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Lemon Sharks and Pollution Effects | Andria Beal, postdoctoral collaborator with the Environmental Epigenetics Lab at Florida International University |
| October 6 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Community Engagement and Local Knowledge Panel Discussion | Julia Wester, co-founder of the Field School Nadia Rubio, marine biologist and conservationist with Mar Sustentable Ciencia y Conservacion |
| November 3 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Deep Sea Sharks Panel Discussion | Sofia Graça Aranha, biologist and PhD candidate with The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere at the University of Algarve and University of Porto Diana Catarino, post doctoral student with OKEANOS |
| December 1 6:00 p.m. (EDT) | Manta Rays and Commercial Fishing | Don Croll, professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and co-founder of Island Conservation Melissa Cronin, PhD candidate in the Conservation Action Lab at the University of California Santa Cruz |
*Program lineup is subject to change.