3rd National Workshop on Marine eDNA - Capstone Event

As part of the Smithsonian’s Life on a Sustainable Planet Initiative and Ocean DNA Initiative, the National Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, hosted the culmination of the 3rd National Workshop on Marine eDNA on June 5th, 2024.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Enric Sala, leader of National Geographic’s Pristine Seas Program.

This was followed by a set of short presentations by agency and industry representatives about the power and impact of environmental DNA in their day-to-day operations.

Panelists:
Anne Kinsinger, US Geological Survey (USGS)
Dr. Ellen Stofan, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Sarah Kapnick, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Woody Turner, NASA
Dr. Michael Weise, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Rodney Cluck, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Dr. Ruth Perry, Shell
Danielle Farelli, Office of Science, Technology, and Policy from the Office of the President.


The event closed out with Audience Q&A.