Explore Your Ocean (Panel Discussion)

​​This panel discussion will focus on the environmental impacts and solutions that are happening along our coast and the global ocean; and the impact climate change has on ocean sustainability , ocean resource for human development, and aquatic ecosystems. This will give the opportunity for the panel and audience to dive into discussion about the various initiatives that are happening to support our oceans, and how people can get more informed and involved.

​Moderator – De’Marcus Robinson, PhD - NOAA EPP/MSI Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystem
Panelist – Paige Hoel, PhD – Sustainability specialist, Oceanographer  
Panelist – Elijah Catalan - UCLA Institute of Environment & Sustainability
Panelist – Colette Fletcher-Hoppe, Ph.D. ORISE Fellow, DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office
Panelist – Blanca Alvarez, UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department