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Sally Palmer is the Communications Coordinator for The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. She received a bachelor of science in marine biology from the University of Rhode Island and earned a masters degree in marine science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. Prior to her position handling communications, Sally served as the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve Manager. She also has research experience with benthic ecology, hypoxia, and ecosystem dynamics. Since 2006, Sally has help secure over $16 million in funding for administration, research and construction of educational facilities.
Coastal Bend Bays Foundation Honors Marine Scientists

Coastal Bend Bays Foundation Honors Marine Scientists

Several researchers at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute were recognized tonight at the 13th Annual Conservation & Environmental Stewardship Awards Banquet hosted by the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation. Pictured left to right: Scott Holt and Ken Dunton were dual...
Shuting Liu receives Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship

Shuting Liu receives Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship

Shuting Liu, a Ph.D. student with Dr. Zhanfei Liu, received the spring 2016 Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship. Her research seeks to understand how small microorganisms decompose organic matter in coastal seawater.   Want to learn more? Check out her recent manuscripts.  
It’s been a NOAA November

It’s been a NOAA November

UTMSI Director, Dr. Robert Dickey.UTMSI Director, Dr. Robert Dickey, participated in several advisory panels for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this month. Dr. Dickey has been a member of the NOAA Restoration Science Program Advisory Working Group since its inception....
Graduate student, Chris Biggs, wins big

Graduate student, Chris Biggs, wins big

SCRFA Chair/CEO Martin Russell, Chris Biggs, and SCRFA Executive Director Yvonne Sadovy. Courtesy Photo.Chris Biggs, a Ph.D. Student with Dr. Brad Erisman, recently received an award for his work on spawning aggregations. The Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations (SCRFA) granted...
Chancellor William McRaven Comes to Town

Chancellor William McRaven Comes to Town

The South Texas Council Boy Scouts of America recognized Mr. Al Jones, Co-Chair and CEO of American Bank tonight as the 2015 South Texas Council Distinguished Citizen of the Year. UTMSI’s Director, Dr. Robert Dickey, and Director of External Affairs, Georgia...
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U.S. Department of State Indonesian Guests visit Port Aransas

U.S. Department of State Indonesian Guests visit Port Aransas

PORT ARANSAS, Texas – The U.S. Department of State invited six up-and-coming leaders from the nation of Indonesia to collaborate and learn about U.S. fisheries and management of our oceans. Last week's stop in Texas featured a visit of the research...
Scavengers of the deep sea

Scavengers of the deep sea

New study reveals that microbes that live in the deep sea are true scavengers. A paper released today in Nature Communications explains how microbiologist and oceanographers used genetics to figure out what dominant ocean microorganisms are eating. The scientists from the...
Migrations of the Fin and Wing Variety

Migrations of the Fin and Wing Variety

Sea trout will be the focus of a study by Dr. Brad Erisman to learn more about where they spawn. Credit: Evan D'Alessandro.PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Marine Scientists at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute have been awarded funds from...
Tracking Trash on Texas Beaches

Tracking Trash on Texas Beaches

The scientists use old-fashion hard-work to collect that marine debris to count all of the items in the survey area. Credit: Jace Tunnell.Ecologists with the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve recently received a $51,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Putting the Science into the Port Aransas Science Fair

Putting the Science into the Port Aransas Science Fair

The 2015 Science Fair at the H.G. Olsen Elementary School in Port Aransas was a success. Credit: Matt Khosh, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute.Last week was the Port Aransas Science Fair, which was a culmination of six weeks of...
Blue Carbon in Our Own Backyard

Blue Carbon in Our Own Backyard

Workshop participants learned about wetlands and how the carbon stored here is being used in the carbon market and GHG offset credits. Credit: Jace Tunnell, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Did you know that the...
Around Campus with Venus Mills

Around Campus with Venus Mills

We sat down with Venus to talk about who she is and why she bloomed where she was planted.Position: Administrative Associate, but “I love the title of secretary” Tell me a little bit about yourself.I like to say that I bloomed...
End to an Icy Field Season

End to an Icy Field Season

The 2015 field team from the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, and University of California - Santa Cruz. Credit: Lee Fuiman.Dr. Lee Fuiman and his research team just returned to from the Antarctic where they were conducting experiments to understand...
UTMSI Picnic was Scarily Good

UTMSI Picnic was Scarily Good

This weekend UTMSI friends and family celebrated being a part of the Institute with a picnic at Robert’s Point Park. The event coincided with Halloween and was complete with children and adult costume contests, a piggy perch fishing tournament, and plenty...
Big Fish Baja Expedition 2015

Big Fish Baja Expedition 2015

Mobula rays like this one pictured, can leap up to heights of six feet and higher. Scientists are trying to figure out why. Credit: Patrik Neckman.Baja is the world’s second largest peninsula and is a vast region of beauty and unknowns....
Accepting applications for Discovery Fellowship in Marine Science

Accepting applications for Discovery Fellowship in Marine Science

The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) in Port Aransas, Texas invites outstanding candidates for the 2016 Discovery Fellowship in Marine Science. This highly selective doctoral studies fellowship is open to graduates with a bachelor or master of science received within two years...
Unmanaged Fishing at Spawning Sites Put Species, Economies at Risk

Unmanaged Fishing at Spawning Sites Put Species, Economies at Risk

“David and Goliath.” David Castro is pictured with a spawning aggregation of Bigeye Trevally (Caranax sexfasciatus) in Cabo National Park, Mexico. Credit: Octavio Aburto, ILCP. PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Countries worldwide may soon see mass species loss and challenges for local...
Port Aransas’s own United Nations

Port Aransas’s own United Nations

This fall, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute will experience a boom in international brain power with the addition of seven new postdoctoral fellows and one Fulbright Scholar from countries throughout Europe and Australia.    The researchers will be...
UTMSI has roots in red tide

UTMSI has roots in red tide

The founder of The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Elmer J. Lund, was a professor of zoology at The University of Texas at Austin who traveled to Port Aransas to investigate a major fish kill caused by a red tide...
Visitors Get Excited about Estuaries

Visitors Get Excited about Estuaries

This past Saturday was National Estuaries Day, an event that is celebrated throughout the United States. We are fortunate to have our very own [Mission-Aransas] National Estuarine Research Reserve located right here to help celebrate and commemorate what special places our...