Selected Presentations & Appearances
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
· 2021
Invited Talk
SUNY Stony Brook,
virtual
selective invisiblity: Designing lures to reduce byctach
- ICES-FAO working group
· 2021
Keynote/Named Lecture
Bergen University, Norway,
virtual
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
· 2021
Invited Talk
Exeter University,
virtual
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
· 2021
Invited Talk
MacQuarie University, Australia,
virtual
Distributed sensing in super-organisms: how flocking can obviate the need for multiple cues
- University Days
· 2021
Invited Talk
Air Force Research Laboratories,
virtual
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
· 2021
Invited Talk
Air Force Research Laboratories,
virtual
The influence of hierarchical structure on the properties of melanin, a multi-functional material
- University Days
· 2021
Invited Talk
Air Forceas Research Laboratories,
virtual
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
· 2021
Keynote/Named Lecture
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland,
virtual
How our snesory and cognitive biases affect our study of sensory biology
- Neurobiology series
· 2021
Invited Talk
University of Sussex,
virtual
How our snesory and cognitive biases affect our study of sensory biology
· 2021
Keynote/Named Lecture
University of Cincinnati,
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
- OSA Advanced Photonics Congress
· 2021
Invited Talk
OSA,
virtual
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
· 2021
Invited Talk
Mediterreanean Institute of Oceanography,
Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish
· 2021
Invited Talk
Chapman University,
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
- Biology Department Seminar
· 2020
Invited Talk
University of South Carolina,
How our perceptual and cognitive biases may influence our study of animal vision
- SICB annual Meeting
· 2020
National Scientific Meeting
Austin, TX
Vision, bioluminescence, and ultrablack camouflage in deep-sea fish
- VisionFest 2020
· 2020
Invited Talk
Duke University,
Wonders of the Deep
· October 25, 2013
Lecture
Sea and Learn Foundation, Saba, Netherlands Antilles
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· October 11, 2013
Lecture
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· September 29, 2013
Lecture
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Optimal Visual Resolution in Attenuating Media
· August 9, 2013
Lecture
STINT Symposium on low-light vision, Bäckaskog Castle, Sweden
The Biophysics of Organismal Transparency
· April 4, 2013
Lecture
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· April 1, 2013
Lecture
University of California, Santa Barbara
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· January 31, 2013
Lecture
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Through the Looking Glass: Polarization vision as a breaker of mirrored and transparency camouflage
· October 11, 2012
Lecture
Plenary talk at Ocean Optics XXI, Glasgow, Scotland
The biophysics of organismal transparency
· October 3, 2012
Lecture
Lund University, Sweden
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· October 3, 2012
Lecture
Lund University, Sweden
Through the Looking Glass: Polarization vision as a breaker of mirrored and transparency camouflage
· August 10, 2012
Lecture
Tenth International Congress on Neuroethology, College Park, MD
The biophysics of organismal transparency
· February 10, 2012
Lecture
Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· February 8, 2012
Lecture
Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA
Dymanic Camouflage in Cephalopods
· January 13, 2012
Lecture
briefing for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Modes of transparency in pelagic species
· October 12, 2011
Lecture
Army Research Labs, Adelphi, MD
Camouflage in benthic and pelagic cephalopods
· August 25, 2011
Lecture
Undersecretary of Defense, Arlington, VA
The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency
· April 1, 2011
Lecture
Ithaca College, NY
The application of mathematics to biological optics
· February 11, 2011
Lecture
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Math Dept.)
The biophysics of organismal transparency
· December 8, 2010
Lecture
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Dept of Cell of Mol Biology)
Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency
· December 1, 2010
Lecture
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dynamic Camouflage in Benthic and Pelagic Cephalopods
· November 15, 2010
Lecture
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
The biophysics of organismal transparency
· July 9, 2010
Lecture
Janelia Farm, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA
Vision in Headless animals: insights gained from the study of animals with diffuse sensory systems
· June 24, 2010
Lecture
Friday Harbor Laboratories, Seattle, WA (Paul Illg Memorial Lecture)
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· June 22, 2010
Lecture
Friday Harbor WA (Paul Illg Memorial Public Lecture)
The biophysics of organismal transparency
· April 8, 2010
Lecture
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· April 2, 2010
Lecture
Duke University (Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Memorial Lecture)
Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency
· March 11, 2010
Lecture
University of Toronto, Canada
Dynamic Camouflage in Benthic and Pelagic Cephalopods
· August 27, 2009
Lecture
University of Texas at Austin
Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency
· May 26, 2009
Lecture
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency
· April 16, 2009
Lecture
Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory, CA
The Red and the Black: Cryptic coloration and bioluminescencein the deep sea
· April 15, 2009
Lecture
U. of California at Davis
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea
· April 7, 2009
Lecture
National Intelligence Council, Washington DC
Two one-hour seminars
· October 15, 2008
Lecture
University of Lund, Sweden
Hidden in plain sight, the ecology and physiology of organismal transparency
· September 30, 2008
Lecture
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Red and the Black: Bioluminescence and cryptic coloration in the deep sea
· September 18, 2008
Lecture
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ecology Dept.)
In vivo imaging of the polarization properties of plankton and nekton
· June 10, 2008
Lecture
Heron Island, University of Queensland, Australia
The Physical Basis of Magnetoreception
· February 5, 2008
Lecture
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Biochemistry)
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Unknown - numerous interviews to multiple media outlets, including the BBC, New York Times, and Science News
· January 1, 2011
Other
Service to the Community
Unknown - donation of many deep-sea images to various ocean conservation organizations
· January 1, 2011
Other
Service to the Community
Unknown - tours of lab for primary and secondary students
· January 1, 2011
Other
Service to the Community
Unknown - Talk at Southeast Barrier Island Center
· September 11, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
Unknown - Talk at North Carolina State Museum
· August 12, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
Unknown - talk at Triangle Dive Club
· 2010
Other
Service to the Community