TERRIE M. WILLIAMS, PH.D. - AT KEPLER'S

       

 

 

Terrie M. Williams, Ph.D. 

Thursday, August 16, 7:00 p.m. 


The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, A Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species   

AT KEPLER'S 

When a two day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach in Kauai, environmental officials must decide if they should save the newborn animal or allow nature to take its course. Only 1,100 Hawaiian monk seals survive in the wild; if their decline continues without intervention, they face certain extinction within fifty years. In a controversial decision, environmental officials send KP2 to Williams's marine mammal lab in Santa Cruz, California, where she and her team monitor his failing eyesight and gather crucial data that could help save KP2's species.

Terrie M. Williams, Ph.D., is the director of the Marine Mammal Physiology Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a co- creator of the Center of Ocean Health. A wildlife biologist, Williams investigates how large animals, from elephants to killer whales, survive on our changing planet. She was named one of the 50 Most Important Women in Science by Discover magazine.

There is no charge for this event. 

 

Event date: 
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
1010 El Camino Real
94025-4349 Menlo Park
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