After Hours Lecture Series

Join us for the first After Hours lecture of 2025, where Dr. Richard Snyder, Director of the W&M Batten School & VIMS' Eastern Shore Laboratory (ESL) celebrates the importance of shellfish in our region.

Join us for a special Valentine’s Day-themed After Hours lecture with Dr. Jeff Shields, Professor at William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS, who will enlighten us on the variety of weird, whacky, and wonderful ways that marine animals reproduce!

Dr. Rom Lipcius, Professor at the Batten School & VIMS, will provide attendees with a look at the history and future of blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay - based on findings from the annual Bay-wide Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey.

Dr. Angelina Dichiera, Assistant Professor at the Batten School & VIMS, will explain how eDNA can be used to detect and monitor the presence of endangered sturgeon in Bay tributaries, and help guide recovery and conservation of these “living fossils.”