We are pleased to announce Kara Gadeken as one of our event speakers. She is a marine ecology Ph.D. student at the University of South Alabama and works at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Originally from Northern Virginia, Kara graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2014 with degrees in Biology and Marine Science, and she aspires to a career in marine ecological research. Her current doctoral research focuses on discovering how organisms that live in marine sediments respond to rapid, frequent changes in the water’s oxygen levels, a common phenomenon in shallow coastal waters.