The Marine Institute at Sapelo Island

The appointment of Alber reflects a renewed focus on the pristine marine laboratory as a field station that supports world-class research and education in coastal ecosystems. UGAMI's international reputation, dating back to the 1950s, is based on groundbreaking ecological research by scientists from UGA and beyond. 

An undeveloped barrier island on Georgia's coast, Sapelo is a national treasure as well as a unique living laboratory for long-term ecological research projects. Our oceans have so many stories to tell us - about both the past and the future - and on Sapelo, Franklin College research scientists enjoy access to that narrative arc that is quite unlike any other.

For more on the UGAMI, visit ugami.uga.edu

Image: an estuary on Sapelo, Georgia's 4th largest barrier island.