Aquarium Video Presentations

Tom Tomlinson recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 8, 2014. He shares the natural history, local importance, and ecological role of the Southern California steelhead.

Ken Kurtis recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on April 24, 2014. Kurtis is a SCUBA instructor with the National Association of Underwater Instructors, owner of Reef Seekers Dive Co. in Beverly Hills, and a dive team leader at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Marc Weissburg recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 20, 2014. Weissburg is a professor of biology at Georgia Tech and co-director of the Center for Biologically Inspired Design.

Judith Weis recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 13, 2014. Weis is a professor of biological sciences at Rutgers University.

Dr. Paul Barber recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 5, 2014. Barber is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches marine science.

Debra and Vincent Canabal recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 30, 2014. The Canabals are owners and operators of Epic Diving in the Bahamas.

Leslie Harris recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 23, 2014. Harris is the collections manager for the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum’s polychaete (marine annelid worms) collection.

Jesse Ausubel recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on December 5, 2013. He is one of the founders of the Census of Marine Life, a ten-year scientific initiative to determine the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the ocean. He currently serves as the director and senior research associate at Rockefeller University’s Program for the Human Environment.

Laurence Madin recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 12, 2013. Madin is the executive vice president, director of research, and a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Shirley Pomponi recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on September 24, 2013. Sponge researcher and ocean explorer Dr. Shirley Pomponi is a senior research professor at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution at Florida Atlantic University.