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Deep sea fluorescence subject of talk Nov. 16

November 14, 2006

For immediate release - Nov. 13, 2006 Contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu   Deep Sea Fluorescence subject of talk at Connecticut College on Nov. 16   NEW LONDON, Conn. - Charles Mazel, a principal research scientist at Physical Sciences Inc. and founder of Nightsea, a company dedicated to developing equipment and techniques for underwater fluorescence viewing, will speak at noon on Nov. 16 in the Knowlton Living Room at Connecticut College.

Mazel, whose talk is titled, "3,000 Feet Underwater with the Lights Out: Adventures in Searching for Fluorescence in the Sea," was the chief scientist on the first-ever project that sent a manned underwater vessel to explore fluorescence on the deep sea floor. The project included 18 dives, some to depths as great as 2,800 feet, in a variety of locations throughout the Bahamas. Mazel has since made many more dives to research fluorescence, even discovering a fluorescent shark approximately 2,000 feet below the ocean´s surface.

Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 43 states and 45 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 85-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.   -CC-

For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu