This year’s SEEDS (Scientists and Engineers Expanding Diversity and Success) Distinguished Lecturer for the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is Professor Mercedes Pascual, of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. Pascual is a theoretical ecologist interested in the population dynamics of infectious diseases, their response to changing environments, and their interplay with pathogen diversity. She will lecture on “Infectious Disease Dynamics and Climate Forcing: A Role of the Oceans” on Tuesday, December 7 at 11 a.m. in the SLAB Seminar Room at the Rosenstiel School. Her career-issues seminar will be held on Wednesday, December 8 at 4 p.m. in the Rosenstiel School’s Library Map and Chart Room. Both events are open to all. To attend mentoring sessions after each seminar, graduate students, postdocs, scientists, and faculty should RSVP at www.as.miami.edu/seeds. For more information, contact Associate Professor Su Sponaugle at [email protected].