Renowned GCRL Parasitologist Overstreet in the spotlight | Schools

Dr. Robin Overstreet, longtime scientist at The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, is being featured as part of a special series on influential researchers at the lab who are retiring or near retirement.

Overstreet, who has been part of the GCRL faculty for more than 40 years, is considered by many to be the premier aquatic parasitologist in the world. He is the third GCRL scientist to be featured in the series: “Pioneers in Marine and Fisheries Research at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.” Read the full piece here: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/about_us/Robin.Overstreet.php.

The series seeks to chronicle the scientists’ professional careers documenting their accomplishments and focusing on some of the important issues they have encountered.  Especially crucial, was the desire to capture their thoughts and concerns over current issues in the marine and environmental sciences.

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