David Packard Distinguished Lecturers
The David Packard Distinguished Lecture series, inaugurated in 2000, brings eminent ocean researchers to MBARI to educate our staff on exciting developments in marine science and technology, and forge closer ties with the top oceanographers in all fields. Our past Distinguished Lecturers include:
Prior to 2022
Bo Barker Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Cryptic cycles and power laws in the anaerobic seabed bioreactor
2018
Antje Boetius, Alfred Wegener Institute
The future of the Arctic Ocean: scientific and technological challenges in the 4-D exploration of ice-covered deep seas
2014
James R. McFarlane, International Submarine Engineering, Ltd.
Genesis and metamorphosis of underwater work capability
2013
Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Technology for scientific deep-sea exploration: Where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going?
2012
Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Climate and sea level change
2011
Farooq Azam, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The Microbial Sea Around Us
2009
Donald Kennedy, Stanford University and Science Magazine
What’s Happening to Science?
2007
Russ Davis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Autonomous components of the ocean observing system
2006
Arthur B. Baggeroer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sonars, acoustics, and oceanography, or oceanography, acoustics, and sonar?
2004
David Karl, University of Hawaii
Microbial Oceanography: Its scope, challenges, and opportunities
2005
Fred Spiess, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Geodesy in the Service of Marine Geophysics
2003
Sallie W. Chisholm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prochlorococcus: A window into the photosynthetic machinery of the oceans
2002
Melbourne G. Briscoe, Office of Naval Research
Science, Technology, and People
2002
James P. Kennett, University of California, Santa Barbara
Methane hydrate reservoir instability: Implications for marine geology and climate change