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The
Explorers Club is an international multidisciplinary
professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and
the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. Since
its inception in 1904, the Club has served as a meeting point and
unifying force for explorers and scientists worldwide.
The Club provides
assistance in expedition planning, awards fieldwork grants to
scientists, writers, and photographers, and at our famed annual
dinners, honors accomplishments in exploration. But probably the most
powerful resource available to those who join the Club is fellowship
with other members--a global network of expertise, experience,
technology, industry, and support. The Explorers Club actively
encourages public interest in exploration and the sciences through its
public lectures program, publications, travel program, and other
events. The Club also maintains Research Collections, including a
library and map room, to preserve the history of the Club and to assist
those interested and engaged in exploration and scientific research.
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Chapter
Meetings:
September 10th, 2010 Meeting: Our speaker will be: Dr. Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson
The September meeting of The Greater Piedmont Chapter of The
Explorers Club will be Friday, Sept 10th. Our speaker will be Dr. Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson and the topic will be "Dangers in the Deep: Possible long term impacts of harmful algal blooms along the coast." See below for more information on our speaker and the topic. We will meet at noon in The Capital City Club. This is on the
25th floor of the Capital Center at the corner of Main and Gervais Street, and
Assembly and Gervais Street in Columbia, SC. There is a parking garage behind
the Capital Center off Lady Street. Please bring your parking garage ticket
into the club to have it stamped for 1 free hour of parking. Cost for the lunch
is $20.00. Remember that The Capital City Club dress policy prohibits blue
jeans and denims, shorts, tennis shoes and flip-flops. Gentlemen must wear a
collared shirt. Please email your attendance plans (by Wed. June 7th) to me
(David Brinkman) at dobrink@gmail.com . More on this month's speaker and the topic:
Dr. Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson received her Ph.D. in Oceanography
from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Joint Program in 1999. After a postdoctoral
fellowship at the University of Hawaii, sponsored in part by a NOAA
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate Change, she joined the University of
South Carolina (USC) in 2002. Dr. Benitez-Nelson is a Professor
in the Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences and the Director of the
Marine Science Program at USC. Her research focuses on
understanding the ocean’s role in climate change, as well as human
impacts on nutrient biogeochemistry and coastal ecology. Dr.
Benitez-Nelson is a diverse scientist, with expertise in
radiochemistry, nutrient biogeochemistry, and harmful algal bloom
toxins. Over the past decade, she has authored or co-authored
more than 55 papers, including several in the journals of Nature and
Science, and two Oceanography Lab Manuals for Freshman Marine
Scientists. Dr. Benitez-Nelson has garnered over 3.5 million
dollars in research support from a number of federal and state
agencies. Her many research honours include the Early Career
Award in Oceanography from the American Geophysical Union in 2006, one
of the highest honours in the field. In 2010 she was named one of
USC’s Rising Stars. Dr. Benitez-Nelson is also highly regarded as
a teacher and mentor, having received the National Faculty of the Year
Award from the National Society of Collegiate Scholars in 2005 and
USC’s Mungo Teaching Award in 2006. Dr. Benitez-nelson currently
serves as an Associate Editor of Limnology and Oceanography-Methods and
Marine
Chemistry, as an elected Councillor of the Oceanography
Society, and is a member of Advisory Committees to the Geoscience
Directorate of the National Science Foundation and the Environmental
Protection Agency.
MONTHLY MEETINGS, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER
The Greater Piedmont Chapter holds luncheon meetings on the second
Friday of each month at 12 noon at the Capital City Club in Columbia, SC. Cost for lunch is $20.00. Please
email your attendance plans to David Brinkman at
dobrink@gmail.com .
Often people show up who have not made reservations. We try to make
sure there is more seating than reservations, but please notify us in
advance to be assured a place. If you are bringing any guests, please
email David their name(s). We like to record who attended each meeting.
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