Monday, February 25, 2002

WILMINGTON, NC – Dr. Steven Miller, director of the National Undersea Research Center at UNC Wilmington, will present “SeaLab, Tektite, Hydrolab and UNCW’s Aquarius: The Story of the U.S. Underwater Space Program” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, in the university’s Center for Marine Science (CMS) Auditorium. This free lecture is part of the CMS Planet Ocean Seminar Series.

Miller, who joined UNCW in 1991, earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. As NURC director, Miller oversees one of six regional centers funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that conducts research throughout the United States. He helped develop UNCW’s underwater lab Aquarius and the Coral Reef Science Program. Referred to as America’s “inner space station,” Aquarius is located off the Florida coast near Key Largo.

A reception precedes Dr. Miller’s talk at 6 p.m. Reservations are required due to limited seating in the auditorium. Call 910/962-2300. UNCW’s Center for Marine Science is located at 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, N.C. Directions to CMS are on the Web at www.uncwil.edu/cmsr

A photo of Dr. Miller is available to download from the Web at www.uncwil.edu/news/releases/february02/planet_ocean.html