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SUMMARY:Ocean Institute Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:The Ocean Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series\, presented by the Nicholas Endowment\, brings interesting innovations\, real-world research\, exotic experiences\, and delightful discoveries to the surface through powerful presentations from an ocean of experts.\n\n\n\nDoors open at 5:30pm and the talk begins at 6:00pm. \n\n\n\nDistinguished Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Beheshti and Dr. Rachel Smith share the lessons learned from 25 years of monitoring the world's largest artificial reef\, Wheeler Reef North \n\nAbout Drs. Kat Beheshti and Rachel Smith:\n\nDrs. Kat Beheshti and Rachel Smith are Assistant Researchers at the University of California\, Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute. Kat received her PhD from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California\, Santa Cruz in 2021 and Rachel received her PhD from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia in 2019. As Co-Principal Investigators of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Mitigation Monitoring Program\, Kat and Rachel manage the long-term monitoring of Wheeler North Reef\, a 373-acre artificial reef located off the coast of San Clemente\, and the San Dieguito Wetlands\, a 150-acre wetland restoration located in Del Mar\, as well as the reference reefs and wetlands associated with each project. Coastal marine ecologists by training\, Kat and Rachel bring their expertise working in salt marsh\, mangrove\, oyster reef\, seagrass meadow\, and kelp forest systems to the SONGS program
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:&nbsp\;\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px 0px 1em\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-size: 16px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\;">The Ocean Institute&rsquo\;s Distinguished Speaker Series\, presented by the Nicholas Endowment\, brings interesting innovations\, real-world research\, exotic experiences\, and delightful discoveries to the surface through powerful presentations from an ocean of experts.<br />\n<br />\nDoors open at 5:30pm and the talk begins at 6:00pm.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span></p>\n\n<div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 27.7917px\; margin-left: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-size: 16px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background-image: initial\; background-position: 50% center\; background-size: cover\; background-repeat: no-repeat\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; animation-timing-function: linear\; animation-duration: 0.2s\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, sans-serif\; margin-right: 43px !important\;">\n<div class="et_pb_text_inner" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\; position: relative\;">\n<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 24px 0px\; padding: 0px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-size: 21px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; line-height: 1.5\; font-family: Montserrat\, Helvetica\, Arial\, Lucida\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\; font-weight: 700\;">Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Beheshti and Dr. Rachel Smith share the lessons learned from 25 years of monitoring the world&#39\;s largest artificial reef\, Wheeler Reef North&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span></h1>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px 0px 1em\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-size: 16px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\; font-weight: 700\;">About&nbsp\;<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\;">Drs. Kat Beheshti and Rachel Smith</span>:</span></span></span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px 0px 1em\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-size: 16px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\;">Drs. Kat Beheshti and Rachel Smith are Assistant Researchers at the University of California\, Santa Barbara&rsquo\;s Marine Science Institute. Kat received her PhD from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California\, Santa Cruz in 2021 and Rachel received her PhD from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia in 2019. As Co-Principal Investigators of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Mitigation Monitoring Program\, Kat and Rachel manage the long-term monitoring of Wheeler North Reef\, a 373-acre artificial reef located off the coast of San Clemente\, and the San Dieguito Wetlands\, a 150-acre wetland restoration located in Del Mar\, as well as the reference reefs and wetlands associated with each project. Coastal marine ecologists by training\, Kat and Rachel bring their expertise working in salt marsh\, mangrove\, oyster reef\, seagrass meadow\, and kelp forest systems to the SONGS program</span></span></span></span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:Ocean Institute 24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr. Dana Point\, CA 92629
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