Previous Seminars

This page provides a list of the previous seminars held at the NOC.
Please use the filter below to select a seminar listing.

December 2021

New Space and recycled signals: Using navigation signals to detect Earth surface changes from Spire's nanosatellites
Thursday, 9 December, 2021 - 14:00
Dr Jessica Cartwright (Spire)

October 2021

In-situ observations of marine aggregates using imaging devices
Thursday, 21 October, 2021 - 14:00
Dr Marika Takeuchi (NOCS)

April 2020

Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits in Antarctic Remineralisation Depth (CUSTARD)
Thursday, 23 April, 2020 - 14:00
Dr Adrian Martin (NOCS)

March 2020

Microplastics - A macro problem?
Thursday, 26 March, 2020 - 14:00
Dr Alice Horton (NOCS)
Major role of particle fragmentation in regulating ocean CO2 sequestration – and other autonomous insights into the biological pump
Thursday, 5 March, 2020 - 14:00
Dr Nathan Briggs (NOCS)

February 2020

Formation and protection of geopolymerized organic carbon in marine sediments by iron and manganese
Thursday, 27 February, 2020 - 14:00
Dr Oliver Moore (University of Leeds)
NOC Southampton - Node room (064/03) Waterfront Campus)

July 2019

Looking through glass: how dynamic microbial interactions drive silicon biogeochemistry
Monday, 22 July, 2019 - 10:00
Kim Thamatrakoln
NOC - Southampton - Node room - 064/03
Autonomous Optics of the Ocean Carbon Cycle: 20 Years Before the Mast
Thursday, 11 July, 2019 - 14:00
Jim Bishop (Berkley, USA)

June 2019

Introduction of the novel 3D high-resolution imaging systems for underwater environmental monitoring
Thursday, 27 June, 2019 - 14:00
Katsunori Mizuno
Mechanisms of ocean heat anomalies in the Norwegian Sea
Thursday, 6 June, 2019 - 14:00
Helene Asbjørnsen
Bringing Oyster Reefs Back To Oyster Harbour, Western Australia
Tuesday, 4 June, 2019 - 11:00
Peter Cook

May 2019

Emergent patterns in size-structured models of copepod communities
Thursday, 23 May, 2019 - 14:00
Camila Serra-Pompei
Orbital-scale atmospheric CO2 and barium cycle reconstruction during the late Pleistocene using boron and barium isotopes in planktonic foraminifera
Thursday, 9 May, 2019 - 14:00
Dr Elwyn De La Vega

March 2019

Coupling nitrate sensor technology with automomous gliders to investigate seasonal controls on the biogoechemical cycling of nitrate in a temperate shelf sea
Thursday, 28 March, 2019 - 14:00
Alex Vincent, University of Southampton

February 2019

Exploring the physiochemical mechanisms for iron stabilization in hydrothermal plumes
Tuesday, 26 February, 2019 - 14:00
Colleen Hoffman, University of Washington
044/11 Ray Beverton
Harmful algal bloom risk assessment
Tuesday, 19 February, 2019 - 14:00
Keith Davidson Scottish Association of Marine Science
064/03
Isotope Cycling in the Labrador Sea: Tracking meltwater through time and space
Thursday, 7 February, 2019 - 14:00
Kate Hendry University of Bristol

December 2018

Cartoon Your Research Workshop
Thursday, 13 December, 2018 - 14:00
Errant Science a.k.a. Dr Matthew Partridge, University of Southampton
Recreational Fishing & MPA’s: Ideologies, Impacts and Ascension Island.
Thursday, 6 December, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Kate Chadwick, Conservation Dept. Ascension Island Government

November 2018

Harmful Algal Blooms in South African estuaries and coastal waters
Thursday, 29 November, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Daniel Lemley, Botany Department and the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research (CMR) Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Optics for Marine Science – Shedding light on the oceans
Thursday, 29 November, 2018 - 10:00
Ina Lefering (Uni Strathclyde)
Are individual differences in fish movement related to angling vulnerability? Whole-lake experiments using high-resolution acoustic telemetry
Thursday, 15 November, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Chris Monk, IGB Berlin
Careers Seminar - 10 Things You Need to Know … if pursuing a job outside academia
Thursday, 8 November, 2018 - 14:00
Rob Wood - UoS Careers Service

September 2018

Challenger Practice Talks
Thursday, 6 September, 2018 - 14:00
See abstract section

August 2018

Pathlines reveal cross-equatorial gyres of the Indian Ocean driven by seasonally reversing monsoon winds
Thursday, 23 August, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Lisa Beal, University of Miami
‘The decay of organic matter in the oceans, now and in the future
Thursday, 2 August, 2018 - 14:00
Emma Cavan

July 2018

Linking marine ecosystem, ocean biogeochemistry and climate in a trait-based model
Friday, 27 July, 2018 - 14:00
Fanny Monteiro
The Art of SEM and Ecosystem Maintenance
Thursday, 26 July, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Ann Thornton, University of Southampton
A New Proxy Meets And Old Argument: Do Uranium Stable Isotopes Record Productivity Or Ocean Oxygenation?
Thursday, 19 July, 2018 - 14:00
Silke Severmann, Rutgers University
How jets and eddies influence the speed of propagation of plankton blooms: an idealised view
Thursday, 12 July, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Alexandra Tzella

June 2018

Interactive effects of cell size, temperature and nutrient supply on resource allocation, metabolic rates and growth of marine phytoplankton
Thursday, 7 June, 2018 - 14:00
Cristina Fernández González, University of Vigo

May 2018

Contrasting biogeochemical behaviours of trace metals in European shelf seas
Thursday, 31 May, 2018 - 14:00
Dag Rusiecka
Identifying origins of plastic waste on Easter Island
Thursday, 31 May, 2018 - 10:00
Dr Simon van Gennip (Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile)
Glowing corals in a changing ocean
Thursday, 10 May, 2018 - 14:00
Elena Bollati, University of Southampton
Chemical conditions in the boundary layer surrounding phytoplankton cells: implications for trace metal bioavailability
Thursday, 3 May, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Fengjie Liu (Imperial College London)

April 2018

Influence of oceanic water masses on aragonite saturation and pH in a fringing reef
Thursday, 26 April, 2018 - 14:00
Luis E. Calderon-Aguilera, Department of Marine Ecology, CICESE
Fibre optics, good for the internet, amazing for sensing
Thursday, 19 April, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Matthew Partridge, OCR University of Southampton
‘Talk to US! | School Engagement Activities in Southampton’
Thursday, 12 April, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Jess Spurrell - University of Southampton SUPO
Evolutionary emergence of functional trait and genetic diversity in a marine microbial metacommunity model
Thursday, 5 April, 2018 - 14:00
Dr Ben Ward

February 2018

Matthew Partridge, OCR, University of Southampton
Thursday, 22 February, 2018 - 14:00
Matthew Partridge, OCR, University of Southampton
Managing Inshore Fisheries in England - the role of research and the importance of partnerships
Thursday, 15 February, 2018 - 14:00
Libby West, Devon & Severn IFCA
The importance of open access publishing and open data
Thursday, 1 February, 2018 - 14:00
Tom Ezard

January 2018

The colors of icebergs
Monday, 15 January, 2018 - 14:00
Steve Warren

December 2017

Understanding global and climate change for ecosystems at their range limits: Mangroves of South Africa
Thursday, 14 December, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Jackie Raw, Nelson Mandela University

November 2017

Mechanisms of ocean carbon cycle variability in the 21st Century
Thursday, 30 November, 2017 - 14:00
Matthew Couldrey, University of Southampton
Mechanisms of eddy dissipation in the Southern Ocean
Thursday, 23 November, 2017 - 14:00
Jesse Cusack (UoS)
Dynamics, control and variability of plankton in the Northeast Atlantic and North Sea between 1958-2014
Thursday, 9 November, 2017 - 14:00
Renata S Khouri (UoS)
Using radium isotopes to measure iron supply to the ocean
Thursday, 2 November, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Amber Annett (UoS)

October 2017

Phosphate and silicate sensors in action
Thursday, 26 October, 2017 - 14:00
Geraldine Clinton-Bailey (NOCS)
Computer Vision Applications for Seafloor Ecology
Thursday, 19 October, 2017 - 14:00
Dr William Hosking (NOCS)
Monitoring the Eastern Tropical Pacific Tuna Fishery from Space
Monday, 16 October, 2017 - 14:30
Dr Dale Kiefer (University of Southern California)
Diel cycles in surface ocean oxygen and carbon – A path to accurate, global photosynthetic rates?
Thursday, 12 October, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Nathan Briggs (NOCS)
Careers Seminar from the UoS Careers Service
Thursday, 5 October, 2017 - 14:00
Rob Wood, University of Southampton Careers Service

September 2017

The Ocean as Abject: An artists perspective on scientific research
Thursday, 14 September, 2017 - 14:00
Mary Eighteen

August 2017

Modelling the Antarctic marginal ice zone
Thursday, 17 August, 2017 - 14:00
Dr. Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide
X-Ray Microanalysis: a new tool to study ocean carbon and nutrient cycles from single cell elemental composition
Thursday, 10 August, 2017 - 14:00
Dr. Mariona Segura-Noguera (University of Sheffield)

July 2017

Seasonal iron limitation in the Hebridean Shelf Sea?
Thursday, 27 July, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Antony Birchill (Plymouth University)
Impact of surface waves on sea ice and ocean in the polar regions
Thursday, 20 July, 2017 - 14:00
Stefanie Rynders, OES
The sulfur-iron interplay and its role in fate of carbon in anoxic environment
Thursday, 20 July, 2017 - 10:30
Dr Gilad Antler (University of Cambridge)
SMART Cables Sensing the Pulse of the Planet
Wednesday, 19 July, 2017 - 15:00
Bruce M. Howe
TBC
Reconstructing the last known movements of the Natural History Museum’s blue whale
Tuesday, 18 July, 2017 - 15:00
Clive Trueman (with Natalie Cooper (NHM), Andrew Jackson (Trinity College Dublin), Richard Sabin (NHM), Kathryn Chadwick (UoS) and Ellen Coombs (NHM, UCL).
Inspiring, Connecting and Supporting Women in Engineering, Science and Technology
Thursday, 6 July, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Ghaithaa Manla

June 2017

Belief, reason, and the projections of global warming by climate models
Thursday, 22 June, 2017 - 14:00
Prof Tom Anderson (NOCS)
The role of Patagonian Dust-Fe in fertilisation of the Southern Ocean
Tuesday, 20 June, 2017 - 14:00
James Hooper (University of Wollongong, Australia)
064/03
Islands on the Move: Understanding the Physical Dynamics of Coral Reef Islands in the Context of Environmental Change
Thursday, 15 June, 2017 - 14:00
Prof Paul Kench (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Coupled physical and phytoplankton dynamics in coastal Antarctica
Monday, 5 June, 2017 - 14:00
Filipa Carvalho, Rutgers
Marine Science in the UK Civil Service
Thursday, 1 June, 2017 - 14:00
Dr James Bell, CEFAS

May 2017

Linked freshwater variability of the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic
Thursday, 25 May, 2017 - 14:00
Myriel Horn (AWI)
Thunderer Squadron and the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme - Developing Military Engineers of the Future
Thursday, 11 May, 2017 - 14:00
First Lieutenant Scott Lewis, Thunderer Squadron
On the BGC-representation of CMIP5 models around New Zealand and in the Ross Sea
Thursday, 4 May, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Erik Behrens (NIWA)

April 2017

The aftermath of Deepwater Horizon: The ecosystem baseline of particle flux in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Thursday, 27 April, 2017 - 14:00
Sari Giering (NOCS/UCSB)

March 2017

The Use of Computed Tomography (CT) to Quantify Particle and Bed Structure Metrics for Fluvial Sediment in Gravel-Bed Rivers
Thursday, 30 March, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Hal Voepel
Can marine microbial communities tell us about diapycnal mixing?
Thursday, 2 March, 2017 - 14:00
Julie Robidart
A unifying theory for global benthic biomass distribution: the relative importance of water column and topographic drivers
Wednesday, 1 March, 2017 - 11:00
Matteo Ichino

February 2017

Controls of temporal and spatial variation in resuspension driven inorganic nutrient exchange in UK shelf seas.
Thursday, 16 February, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Charlie Thompson
Paper-based platforms for biological sensing
Thursday, 9 February, 2017 - 14:00
Maria-Nefeli Tsaloglou
Context dependency of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning realations
Thursday, 2 February, 2017 - 14:00
Daniel Wohlgemuth

January 2017

Beyond the Thesis: Engaging the Public & Reaching Out
Thursday, 26 January, 2017 - 14:00
Jess Spurrell, School-University Partnership Officer
Capturing our Coast – Advancing marine research and conservation through citizen science
Thursday, 19 January, 2017 - 14:00
Dr Katrin Bohn, University of Portsmouth

November 2016

Transient response of the Arctic Ocean to changing freshwater input
Thursday, 24 November, 2016 - 14:00
Nikki Brown (NOCS)
Plankton respiration and bacterial production in the Celtic sea
Thursday, 17 November, 2016 - 14:00
Dr Elena Garcia-Martin
Comparative and evolutionary genomics of vent and seep symbionts
Thursday, 10 November, 2016 - 14:00
Dr Robert Young III (NOCS)
The LOCATE (Land Ocean Carbon Transfer) programme
Thursday, 3 November, 2016 - 15:15
Prof Richard Sanders
A bottom up approach to marine management: Marine phytoplankton as regulators of ecosystem functions and services
Tuesday, 1 November, 2016 - 14:00
Dr Jacqui Tweddle (University of Aberdeen)

September 2016

Persistent NAO events favour European summer heatwaves?
Thursday, 15 September, 2016 - 14:00
Dr. Aurelie Duchez

August 2016

Possibility and predictability of abrupt Arctic winter sea-ice loss
Thursday, 4 August, 2016 - 14:00
Dr Sebastian Bathiany (Wageningen University)

July 2016

A systematic assessment of maritime disruptions affecting UK ports, coastal areas and surrounding seas from 1950 to 2014
Thursday, 7 July, 2016 - 14:00
Esmé Adam (FEE)

June 2016

Isotopic signature of dissolved iron delivered from hydrothermal vents in the East Scotia Sea
Thursday, 30 June, 2016 - 14:00
Dr. Jessy Klar

May 2016

Ancestral genetic diversity associated with the rapid spread of stress-tolerant coral symbionts in response to Holocene climate change
Thursday, 19 May, 2016 - 14:00
Dr. Ben Hume

March 2016

The Madagascar bloom: what do we know / not know?
Thursday, 10 March, 2016 - 14:00
Prof Meric Srokosz

August 2015

Deep-Sea Biology Symposium Practice Session
Monday, 10 August, 2015 - 14:00
Paris Stefanoudis & Ming-Tsung Chung