Mote Marine Laboratory
Mote Marine Laboratory
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway
Sarasota, Florida
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
10:00 a.m. - Arrive at Mote and proceed to the Buchanan meeting room for a presentation/discussion with MIT Alumni Dr. Glen Shen, Executive Vice President of Research at Mote
11:00 a.m. - Laboratory Tour by Mote Volunteers (The group will be divided into 3 groups for the tour of our laboratory areas.)
12:00 p.m. - Lunch at Deep Sea Diner (Food orders can be placed prior to visit but this is not necessary; log onto www.mote.org/DeepSeaDiner for a complete menu. Call 941-388-3415 to place order at least 24 hours in advance)
Following lunch - The group will continue on a self-guided tour of Mote Aquarium
Presentation/discussion with MIT Alumni Dr. Glen Shen, Executive Vice President of Research at Mote
Dr. Glen T. Shen has joined the laboratory as Executive Vice President for Research. Dr. Shen, a marine geochemist, joins Mote most recently from the University of Washington where he served as Managing Director for a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center. Past peer-reviewed publications include pieces in the prestigious international journal "Nature" and cover topics ranging from coral reef ecology to climate change.
Education :
Ph.D. Chemical Oceanography, M.I.T. - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1986
S.B. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
Awards:
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Washington
College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, 1991 and 1996
Presidential Young Investigator Award, U.S. National Science Foundation, 1991-1996
UW College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1988
Lamont-Doherty Institutional Fellowship, Columbia University, 1986
Experience:
Managing Director, NSF Center on Materials and Devices for IT Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Branch Chief, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FL
Vice President of Operations, SurroMed Pte Ltd, Singapore
Supervisory Scientist, Department of Agriculture, Bothell, WA
Associate Professor of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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