Where: Bldg 20, Lobby
Description
There is an amazing amount of interesting marine life found on Red Sea reefs right in our backyard. Prof Berumen from the Red Sea Research Center will highlight some of these animals in a short lecture and point out their roles in the popular Disney/Pixar film 'Finding Nemo'. Attendees will then meet some of our Red Sea neighbors in touch tanks and display aquaria in the auditorium. Members of the Reef Ecology Lab will be on hand to answer questions about the marine life found around KAUST as well as KAUST research on these diverse organisms. This event is a part of our Science Fair. Audience: This event is aimed at all of the KAUST community including children.
Michael L. Berumen
Mike received a Zoology degree from the University of Arkansas in 2001. He then attended James Cook University in Australia to pursue graduate studies in coral reef ecology, specializing in life history and ecology of butterflyfishes. He was awarded the PhD in 2007. Mike accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he focused on larval connectivity in coral reef fishes. During his time in Woods Hole, Mike began working in the Red Sea in 2008 in partnership with a new university in Saudi Arabia - the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Mike joined KAUST in July 2009 as a founding faculty member in the Red Sea Research Center. Mike has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and 8 book chapters, and he has co-edited two books. His research focuses on advancing general understanding of Red Sea coral reefs and more broadly making contributions to movement ecology, which is a critical aspect of developing conservation plans in the marine environment. He is particularly interested in connectivity questions ranging from larval dispersal to large distance migrations of adult fishes.
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