Outstanding Professor Lecture
"Science, Seashores, the Public,
and Marine Protection"
Dr. Steve Murray
Outstanding Professor 2002-2003
Professor of Biological Science
Monday, March 15, 2004
11:00 a.m. Outstanding Professor Lecture
Noon Reception
Titan Student Union Pavilion
Dr. Steve Murray has been teaching biology courses and carrying out research with his students for more than thirty years as a faculty member at California State University , Fullerton . He has also taught advanced marine biology courses at the University of Hawaii , the University of Washington 's Friday Harbor Laboratories, and at the Bamfield Marine Station, which is administered by the Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society. During his career, Dr. Murray and his students have published numerous papers and reports on topics such as marine herbivory, marine biogeography, human impacts on coastal populations and communities, and the physiological ecology and reproductive biology of seaweeds. His recent research mostly has been supported by NOAA Sea Grant and the Minerals Management Service (U. S. Department of Interior) and includes studies of invasive seaweeds, impacts of human visitors on rocky intertidal organisms, the nature and process implications of long-term changes in intertidal populations, and the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in urban settings .
Dr. Murray is the past-President of two scientific societies and has been appointed to several science panels and committees convened to provide advice to federal, state, and international agencies. He is currently one of only two Californians appointed to a 30-member Federal Advisory Committee on Marine Protected Areas, which was initiated by Presidential Executive Order. Dr. Murray is also a member of the 8-member science team appointed by the Director of the State Department of Fish and Game to guide the implementation of California 's recently adopted Marine Life Protection Act. He also served on the marine reserves science panel for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and on the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies advisory committee appointed by the Minerals Management Service. Dr. Murray is also currently working on a federal panel to develop a management plan for destructive invasive seaweeds, and is working on a report to the trinational Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA) on threats posed by invasive seaweeds to Pacific Mexico, the U.S. , and Canada .
Sponsored by the President's Office, President's Associates, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Senate and the Faculty Development Center
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