SEAMAMMS: Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina
March 23-25, 2018
The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium will be held at Coastal Carolina University from Friday, March 23 to Sunday, March 25, 2018.
SEAMAMMS is a regional, scientific marine mammal meeting that is open to all presenters and is very student-oriented.
Preference will be given to marine mammal research conducted in the mid-Atlantic and southeast US or conducted by students and researchers based in the same region. Other topics
will be considered as space is available. The deadline for abstract submissions is February 12 (midnight). You may register for the conference at any time, but the early registration deadline is March 1.
This year’s keynote address will be by the Smithsonian Institution’s new Curator of Marine Mammals, Dr. Michael McGowen, entitled, “The
Evolution of Cetaceans: Phylogenomics, Morphology, and Comparative Biology
Detailed information can be found on the conference web site:
https://www.coastal.edu/research/undergraduate/seamamms/, or contact Rob Young (ryoung@coastal.edu).
All activities will take place on the Coastal Carolina University campus, located 10 miles west of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Hope to see you there!
Rob Young
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Rob Young
Professor of Marine Science
Director of Undergraduate Research
Coastal Carolina University
PO Box 261954
Conway, SC 29528-6054
Office: 843-349-2277