Invited Talks
Geography 2050
November 16, 2020
I was asked to give a talk in a special plenary on The Ten Greatest Challenges Facing the World Ocean on the first day of the conference Geography 2050: Future of the World Ocean, hosted by the American Geographical Society. This conference brought together leaders in the academic, military, government, and NGO space to talk about what the ocean will look like in the decades to come, from a geopolitical, climatological, and ecological perspective.
NAS Distinctive Voices
August 26, 2020
I was invited to give a talk for the National Academy of Sciences’ Distinctive Voices Lecture Series. These lectures highlight innovations, discoveries, and emerging issues across multiple scientific disciplines. The talks are given by experts in the fields, including members of the National Academies, and are aimed for a general audience.
Industry Talks
March 3, 2020
I was asked to give the keynote talk for the annual meeting for The Cordage Institute in 2018 and asked to give the keynote for the 20th Annual Supply Chain Forum in 2020, hosted by the UC San Diego Rady School of Management Institute for Supply Excellence and Innovation.
I was asked to give a talk at the Aquarium of the Pacific that addressed both my scientific research and my experience in scientific communication. I discussed how researching a topic of such public interest has led me to develop a strategy for communicating hard, and often depressing, scientific topics to public audiences.
Aquarium of the Pacific
October 12, 2019