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Dr. Bruce Carlson - Speaking at CMAS meeting Jan 7


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Reminder for this Sunday!

 

On Sunday January 7th at 6pm we will be having our monthly meeting at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.

 

 

This month's speaker is Dr. Bruce Carlson, Vice President of Education, Conservation and Exhibits at Georgia Aquarium.

 

Bruce is a native of the state of Michigan where he enjoyed studying the aquatic life in the stream behind his house. In 1971 he received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After graduating, he traveled to Guyana, South America, where he worked as a research assistant studying the reproductive biology of freshwater fishes.

 

A year later, in 1972, he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. His task was to conduct a biological survey of the marine life of the Fiji Islands and help establish a permanent collection for the University. Nearly 30 years later, the University has created a new museum to house this collection, which has become very important for marine studies in Fiji.

 

In 1975, Bruce moved to Hawaii where he earned a PhD at the University of Hawaii. Six months after moving to Hawaii, he started work at the Waikiki Aquarium in 1976 as a student helper. As an aquarist, he initiated a series of new exhibits which were

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