Past Wheeler Lectures
| Topic | Speaker | Date | Event Extras |
| "AI and Climate: A Perspective on the Future" | Tod Hynes Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cofounder of and advisor to the MIT Climate & Energy Prize, Chair of the Board of the Woodwell Climate Research Center |
July 13, 2025 |  |
| "The Secret Life of the Sea: Exploration, Discovery, and Unexpected Solutions" | Dr. Peter de Menocal President & Director Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
July 14, 2024 |  |
| "Rough Weather Ahead: How Climate Change is Making Our Weather More Extreme" | Jennifer Francis, PhD Senior Scientist Woodwell Climate Institute |
July 16, 2023 |  |
| "An Exploration of Falmouth Birds Through the Seasons" | Craig Gibson Local bird photographer with a special interest in conservation issues and author of “A Year of Falmouth Birds,” presented by the 300 Committee Land Trust. |
July 17, 2022 | |
| "Seeing the forest for the streams: Managing the impacts of land use and climate change on local watersheds” | Dr. Marcia Macedo Associate Scientist and Director of the Water Program at the Woodwell Climate Research Center |
July 18, 2021 | |
| "The Wild, Wild Depths" | Dr. James Bellingham Director of the Center for Marine Robotics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
July 21, 2019 | |
| “Ocean Plastics Pollution from Quissett Harbor to the 'Garbage Patches': Sources, Impacts and Solutions” | Kara Lavender Law, Ph.D. Research Professor of Oceanography Sea Education Association |
July 22, 2018 | |
| “Climate Change and Cape Cod: What Do We Know? What Can We Do?” | Dr. John P. Holdren Science Adviser to President Obama Director of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) |
July 23, 2017 | |
| “Sea level rise and coastal change: Adapting to challenging times” | Juliet Simpson, Ph.D. Coastal Ecologist with the MIT Sea Grant College Program |
July 17, 2016 | |
| "From Woods Hole to the Deep Sea: Living in a Microbial World" |
Dr. Julie Huber Associate Scientist and Associate Director, Josephine Bay Paul Center Marine Biological Laboratory |
July 22, 2015 | |
| "Restoring Falmouth’s Impaired Estuaries" |
Eric Turkington Chairman of the town’s Water Quality Management Committee |
July 17, 2014 | event photos |
| "Woods Hole Squid Advances Alzheimer's Research" |
Joseph DeGiorgis Adjunct Scientist, Cellular Dynamics Program Marine Biological Laboratory |
July 25, 2013 | |
| "Oil Spill Crises: Scientists Leave the Ivory Tower" |
Christopher M. Reddy Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
July 24, 2012 | |
| "Radiology of Patient Earth with Radar Eyes in the Sky" |
Josef Kellndorfer, Ph.D. Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center |
July 12, 2011 | event photos |
| "Falmouth's Wastewater Future: The Science Behind the Arguments" |
Christopher Neill, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory |
July 27, 2010 | |
| "Voyages In Neptune's Realm: Secrets Of The Deep Undersea" | Dave Gallo, Ph.D. Director of Special Projects, Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution |
July 23, 2009 | event photos |
| Jerry M. Melillo, Ph.D. Co-Director, The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA |
August 27, 2008 | event photos | |
| Mark Robinson, Executive Director The Compact for Cape Cod Conservation Trusts |
August 29, 2007 | event photos |
