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Riley Memorial Lecture Series
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| Professor Emeritus Gordon A. Riley F.R.S.C. Director, Institute of Oceanography Dalhousie University, 1965-1973 |
This annual lecture series was established in 1999 to honour the memory of the late Gordon A. Riley, Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Institute of Oceanography (now Department of Oceanography). Invited speakers are chosen and hosted by the Department of Oceanography Student Association (DOSA).
To date, the Riley Lecture Series has included talks by:
Thomas Pedersen, 1999
Wallace Broecker, 2001
Sally Chisolm, 2002
Curtis D. Mobley, 2003
David Farmer, 2004
Mimi Koehl, 2006
Lisa Levin, 2007
John Largier, 2008
Timothy Parsons, 2009
Carl Wunsch, 2010
Peter Franks, 2012
The Riley series is funded by a combination of research funds and the financial support of alumni and other friends of the Department.
If you would like to make a donation to the Riley series, please contact the Department of Oceanography.
Schedule
The Brilliance of Riley, and the Future of Biological Oceanography
3:00 PM, March 28, 2012
Dr Peter Franks
Professor of Biological Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography