Marine scientist is April 28 Bailey Library guest

WINTHROP – The Bailey Library will host marine scientist Heather Leslie at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28. The event is the fourth part of a yearlong series celebrating Maine women that will run through 2021.
The talk is free and open to the public, via Zoom, by visiting baileylibrary.org/athome. For help attending, email director Richard Fortin at rfortin@baileylibrary.org.
Leslie will talk about the connections between people and coastal ecosystems, focusing on how marine scientists use a combination of field experiments and modeling to investigate how climate and changes in economic and regulatory policy influence ecosystems and social interactions.
An international leader in marine conservation science, Leslie conducts research on the ecology, policy, and management of coastal ecosystems. She is the director of the University of Maine’s marine laboratory, Darling Marine Center, and professor of Marine Sciences. She studies a wide array of marine and environmental science topics, including aquaculture and marine fisheries.
Leslie lives by the Damariscotta River in Newcastle, with her two children and husband, microbial ecologist Jeremy Rich.