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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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About the Speaker
Valerie J. Paul is the Director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce and the Head Scientist of the Chemical Ecology Program. She researches marine chemical ecology, marine plant and herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology, and the ecological roles of marine natural products. In her coral reef ecology research, she studies the impact of cyanobacterial bloom on coral reefs and larvae of reef building corals. She has been a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1996, and was the chairperson of the Marine Natural Products Gordon Research Conference in 2000.
