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Sarasota News Leader September 27, 2013 Page 129 MOTE-ISRAEL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM TO BE TOPIC OF TALK On Saturday, Oct. 5, during the 10:30 a.m. Shabbat service, the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism will welcome Dr. Michael P. Crosby, president and CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, as a guest speaker on the topic, Mote-Israel Cooperative Marine Research Program, the Congregation has announced. In May, Crosby was appointed to his new position at Mote Marine, a news release notes. Prior to that, he was Mote's senior vice president for research. Additionally, he has served as executive director of the National Science Board and as senior advisor for international science policy in the Under Secretary's Office of International Affairs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). At NOAA, he also was national research coordinator for ocean and coastal resource management and chief scientist for sanctuaries and reserves, the release points out. Michael Crosby enjoys a visit to Kiryat Yam, Crosby has held numerous faculty positions Israel. Contributed photo as well. He is adjunct professor of marine science at the University of Hawaii-Hilo. more than 50 articles in the Journal of Shellfish Research, Diseases of Aquatic OrganAdditionally, Crosby has led major national isms, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Natural and international, multi-discipline, multi-year Areas Journal and others. He also has editresearch projects, among them the U.S.-Ised several books and manuals dealing with raeli-Jordanian joint initiative titled, The Red marine protected areas and coral reefs, the Sea Marine Peace Park Cooperative Research release notes. Monitoring and Management Program; and the Hawaii State EPSCoR project, Pacific The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism High Island Evolutionary Biogeography: meets at Unity, located at 3023 Proctor Road, Impacts of Invasive Species, Anthropogenic Sarasota. The Oct. 5 program is free for CHJ Activity and Climate Change on Hawaiian members; a $5 suggested donation is requested from non-members. Focal Species, the release adds. He serves as a reviewer and panelist for nu- For more information, call 929-7771 or visit merous scientific journals, and has published www.chj-sarasota.org.