2020 Ed Ricketts Memorial Award and Lecture

The 2020 Ed Ricketts Memorial Award will be presented on January 21, 2021 to

Dr. Terrie M. Williams
Director, Center for Marine Mammal Research and Conservation,
University of California, Santa Cruz

The Ed Ricketts Memorial Award was created to honor scientists who have exhibited exemplary work throughout their career and advanced the status of knowledge in the field of marine science. The first award was presented in March 1986. Recipients are selected by the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activity Panel.

Dr. Terrie M. Williams will provide a lecture on her collaborative research examining how evolutionary processes in animal design conspire with modern anthropogenic pressures to challenge the survival of marine-living mammals.

For lecture abstract and history of the Ed Ricketts Memorial Award click here.

To view recorded lecture, see link below.

From “Doc” and Dogs to Denizens of the Deep: How understanding biological design will save the oceans and ourselves Dr. Terrie M. Williams Director, Center for Marine Mammal Research and Conservation, University of California, Santa Cruz Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6:00pm PST View recorded lecture at: Webinar Recording