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Science on the Sound

Each month the MaST Center hosts an educational speaker series that is sponsored by Highline College. Science on the Sound attracts local, regional, and national experts who share their knowledge with the local community, generally focusing on interests of the Puget Sound Region.

Science on the Sound provides a variety of speaker topics so that we can brush upon peoples differing interests.

Discussions are held in the classroom at the MaST Center on the dates listed below.

Speakers give 45 minute presentations.

For more information regarding the Science on the Sound Speaker Series, please contact us.

2019-2020 Science on the Sound Schedule

MaST speaker series is FREE. Discussions begin at 12 p.m.

October 5: Return of the River – A Documentary Film about the Elwha River

Woody Moses, Highline Biology Instructor

November 2: Ocean pH in and Around the Port of Prince Rupert

Paul Covert, Physical Scientist Department, Fisheries Oceans Canada

December 7: Filling a Critical Need in the Pacific Northwest for Marine Wildlife

Casey McClean, Executive Director , Sealife Response, Rehab, and Research (SR3)

January 4: Race to Alaska

Daniel Evans, Race Boss, Race to Alaska

February 1: Floating to the Surface: Jellyfish and Their Emerging Ecological Roles in Puget Sound

Correigh Greene, NOAA Researcher
Haila Schultz, University of Washington, PhD Student

March 7: Annual MaST Center Writers Workshop

Susan Landgraf, Poet and Porfessor Emeritus Highline College

April 4: Educator Motivations for Applying and Working at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium

Joanne Park, Education and Volunteer Program Coordinator, MaST Center

May 2: Voices for the Sea Turtles: Marine Turtle Conservation in Pacific Mexico

Vanessa Hunt, Associate Professor, Central Washington University

June 6: From Climate Science to Climate Justice

Heather Price, North Seattle College Chemistry Instructor

October 6: Climate Reality Briefing

Gary (Wolf) Lichtenstein, Principal – Lightstone Consulting, LLC

November 3: Orca Recovery Action Plan

Donna Sandstrom, The Whale Trail

December 1: Tigres and Tigers: Big Cat Research In The Equatorial Tropics

Joe Figel, Highline Professor

January 5: Skeletons & Specimens: An Overview of the Preparation Process for Research and Public Display

Bri Gabel, MaST Center Laboratory Technician

February 2: Harbor Porpoises and Harbor Seals

Cindy Elliser, Research Director/Founder Pacific Mammal Research

March 2: Past, Present, and Future of Wildfire Smoke in the Puget Sound Region

Erik Saganić, Air Quality Scientist Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

April 6: MaST Center’s Annual Writers Workshop

Susan Landgraf, Poet and Professor

May 4: Science of the Salish Sea

Paul Covert, Physical Scientist Department Fisheries Oceans Canada

June 1: Ocean Acidification

Meg Chadsey, Ocean Acidification Specialist and NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab Liaison Washington Sea Grant

October 7: Ice Science in a Changing Climate

Steven Neshyba, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Puget Sound

November 4: The problem of large whale entanglement in fishing gear in the Pacific Northwest

Doug Sandilands, Entanglement Response Specialist at SR3

December 2: Accessible Geospatial Technologies for Citizen Science

Britta Ricker, Assistant Professor Urban Studies and Geospatial Technologies UWT

January 6: From Farm to Ocean – Unconscious farming and the future of sustainable agriculture

Bobby Butler, Director of Urban Agriculture Program at Highline College

February 3: Annual MaST Writers Workshop

Susan Landgraf, Poet and Professor Emeritus Highlince College

March 3: Toxics In the Environment

Erika Schreder, Toxic-Free Future

April 7: Nearshore Restoration in Puget Sound

Tish Conway-Cranos, Nearshore Science Manager Habitat Program

May 5: Genetics and Marine Science

Kim Parsons, Research Biologist Marine Mammal Laboratory NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center

June 2: The MaST at 15: From Hardhat Diving to Public Aquarium

Rus Higley, MaST Center Manager and Highline Instructor

October 1: Toxics and Top Predators

Woody Moses, Highline Biology Instructor

November 5: Sustainable Fisheries

Erin Wilson, Fisheries Biologist

December 3: The Whale Trail

Donna Sandstrom, Director of The Whale Trail

January 7: Coral Reef Conservation in Indonesia

Dr. Kaddee Lawrence, Marine Educator

February 4: State of the Salish Sea – A Virtual Tour

Chrys Bertolotto, WSU Extension

March 4: Climate Chaos: Local and International Examples of Our Changing Oceans

Dr. Rick Keil and Miranda Stach, School of Oceanography University of Washington

April 1: Big, Beautiful and Bizarre: Creatures of Puget Sound

Rachel Easton, Harbor Wildwatch

May 6: Annual MaST Writers Workshop

Susan Landgraf, Poet and Professor

June 3: Projected Changes in West Coast Extreme Precipitation Due to Global Warming

Mike Warner, Lecturer/Research Scientist University of Washington Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences

October 3: Seabirds of Puget Sound

Woody Moses

November 7: Climate Reality, Solutions, and Actions: We’re ALL in this together!

Susan Tyler and Dr. Leslie Dierauf

December 5: Elwha River Restoration: Life on the river post dam removal

Sarah Morley

January 9: Exploring Underwater with Remote Operated Vehicles – How you too can become and ROV pilot

Fritz Stahr

February 6: Effect of the Blob, El Niño, and other drivers on Puget Sound waters

Jan Newton

March 5: An Overview of Air Quality Issues in the Western U.S.

Dan Jaffe

April 2: Annual Writers’ Workshop

Susan Landgraf

May 7: Squid Dissection

Orlay Johnson

June 4: Conservation and Stewardship in King County

Melissa Lang

No presentations available for 2014-2015.

June 7: Mountaineering in the Cascades

Ryan Strong, Operations Manager Seattle Bouldering Project and Mountain Guide at KAF Adventures

May 3: Small Actions, Big Solutions – How Everyday actions will help save Puget Sound

Laura James, Co-Director Tox-ick.org

April 5: Annual MaST Writers Workshop

Susan Landgraf, Poet/Professor HCC

March 1: Environmental Justice in Our Backyard

Jourdan Keith, Executive Director Urban Wilderness Project

February 1: Kayaking Puget Sound

Dave Ortland, President Washington Kayak Club

January 11: Marine Mammal Strandings in Puget Sound

Jamie Woodward, AmeriCorps, MaST Center

December 7: Discovery of a New Marine Bacterium from Puget Sound

Katharine Lalish, PhD candidate, University of Washington

November 2: Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Mushrooms

Kim Traverse, Puget Sound Mycological Society

March 2: Eyes Over Puget Sound

Dr. Christopher Krembs

January 12: Marine Mammals of Puget Sound

American Cetacean Society – Puget Sound Chapter

October 8: Life by the Drop: The Plankton of Puget Sound

Woody Moses, Highline College Instructor

October 22: Name That Fish!

Roberta Brooks

November 5: Restoring a River

November 9: MaST Center Marine Mammal Stranding Training

Rus Higley, MaST Center Manager

November 19: Pacific Salmonids – Beyond the Big 5

Orlay Johnson, NOAA NWFSC

December 3: Ealiest Exposures: The Path to Safer Chemicals and Healthy Families

WA Toxics

January 7: Community Relationships in Agriculture & Food Security

Edward B. Hill Farm Works Program Manager

February 4: What Can Beached Birds Tell Us About the Health of Puget Sound?

February 18: Randy Whale

March 17: Turning the Tide on Toxics

Heather Trim, People for Puget Sound

April 21: Politics, Policy and the Environment

Dave Upthegrove, State Representative

May 5: Salmon Market Substitution

Dr. Erica Cline, UWT

May 19: I Spy! Spy Hopping!

October 2: Sixgill Shraks in the Inland Waters of the Salish Sea

Seattle Aquarium

November 6: Cephalopod Intelligence

Roland Anderson, Ph.D.

November 20: Crimes Against Nature: Wildlife Smuggling in the Northwest and the US

Craig Welch

April 2: Capturing and Counting Tiny Bits of Plastic Debris in Puget Sound

Julie Masura, M.S. UWT

January 8: The Fishes Stay the Same

Andy Lamb, Author/Naturalist

January 22: Where the Wild and Robotic Things Are

Fritz Stahr, UW, Seaglider Fabrication Center

February 5: Annual MaST Center Writer’s Workshop

Susan Landgraf, Highline College Instructor

February 19: What is Ocean Acidification and is it a Threat to Puget Sound?

Doug Meyers, People for Puget Sound

March 5: What do Women and Whales in the Pacific Northwest Have in Common?

Jourdan Keith

April 2: Capturing and Counting Tiny Bits of Plastic Debris in Puget Sound

Julie Masura, M.S. UWT

April 16: Making Interesting Videos at a Reasonable Cost

Jim McGauhey

May 7: Duwamish River Pollution, Environmental Change and how YOU Can Get Involved

Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition / Technical Advisory Group

May 21: Puget sound Marine Mammals: Are they becoming our toxic waste dumps?

Kaddee Lawrence, Executive Director MaST Center

June 4: Going up in Flames: Restoring Fire-Adapted Ecosystems in Washington

Peter Dunwiddie, UW