Welcome to CMAST

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The North Carolina State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) is located on Bogue Sound in Morehead City, NC. CMAST was formally established in 1997 and is used for research, field studies and projects by NCSU faculty, students, extension specialists, research technicians and administrative staff.

"The mission of CMAST is to serve all who care about the coast and its natural resources."

The mission CMAST is to serve all who care about the coast and its natural resources. CMAST confronts the urgent questions arising from the fusion of coastal ecologies, environments, economies and management policies by:

 

  • Fostering multidisiplinary studies among research scientists, educators and extension specialists from various NCSU colleges and departments;
  • Working with other educational institutions and agencies concerned with similar interests; and
  • Providing local citizens a point of contact with NCSU's  marine sciences faculty, and making educational opportunities available to the community as well as to students.

 

Resident and rotating faculty at the 51,000 sq. ft. marine laboratory, completed in 2000, represent three NCSU colleges and a variety of departments:

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Envioronmental and Molecular Toxicology
Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences
Zoology

College of Physical and Mathematical Science

Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

College of Veterinary Medicine

Clinical Sciences
Population Health and Pathobiology

Fall 2010 Seminar Schedule

September 25
Dr. David McConnell *– NC State University
"The mid-career makeover kit: less talk, and more action in the science
classroom"

October 9
Fall Break, no seminar

October 16
Dr. Joel Fodrie *– UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences
“Are there 'big ones' left in the Gulf of Mexico: evidence from fishery dependent
catch data and inter-generational perceptions among fishers”

October 23
Dr. Michael Burchell *– NC State University
"North River Farms wetland restoration: Can it help future restoration design and implementation?"

November 13
Dr. Steve Ross *– UNC-Wilmington
"Deep-sea coral ecosystems off the Southeastern US"

November 20
Dr. Roldan Munoz, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA Beaufort
TBD

November 27
Thanksgiving Break, no seminar

December 4
Paul Rudershausen – NCSU Center for Marine Sciences and Technology
"Cross-continent by bicycle".