Coastal Science Symposium 2024
The College of Coastal Georgia Department of Natural Sciences is pleased to host Coastal Science Symposium 2024 on Friday, December 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The annual event brings together students, faculty, collaborators, and community members to explore coastal and marine research, management, conservation, and more!
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. David Patterson, a Biology Professor at the University of North Georgia and head of the SCALE Lab, which studies ecological community and landscape evolution. Among other projects, this group hosts regular fossil digs at Clark Quarry here in Brunswick, where they have discovered numerous Pleistocene fossils, including huge megafauna like bison and mammoths as well as tiny microfossils from frogs, snakes, mice, and fish.
The symposium features the work of Coastal Georgia students, who will present posters on their research and experiential learning in biology and environmental science. Community partners will also provide educational exhibits and opportunities to get involved in science and conservation on the Georgia coast and beyond.
The symposium is free and open to the public – no registration is necessary.
Dr. Robin McLachlan
Robin McLachlan is a broadly-trained geologist interested in how the shapes of coastal environments are intimately linked to human development, and vice versa. Specifically, she studies sediment transport from source to sink, mountains to deep sea, focusing on the interaction between sediment and hydrodynamics in the fluvial-marine transition zone. She applies the same scientific rigor and inquiry to her role as an educator and communicator. Her teaching strategies constructively align scientific content and communication skills to best achieve student learning goals and career success.