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The David Packard Distinguished Lecture series, inaugurated in the year 2000, brings eminent ocean researchers to MBARI to educate our staff members on exciting developments in marine science and technology and forge closer ties with the top oceanographers in all fields. Our past Distinguished Lecturers include:

	2012—Dana Yoerger, Ph.D. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technology for scientific deep-sea exploration: Where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going?
	2011—Carl Wunsch, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Climate and Sea Level Change
	2009—Farooq Azam, Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography The Microbial Sea Around Us
	2007—Donald Kennedy, Ph.D. President Emeritus of Stanford University Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine What's Happening to Science?
	2006—Russ Davis, Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Autonomous Components of the Ocean Observing System
	2005—David M. Karl, Ph.D. University of Hawaii Microbial Oceanography: Its Scope, Challenges, and Opportunities
	2004—Arthur B. Baggeroer, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sonars, Acoustics, and Oceanography, or Oceanography, Acoustics, and Sonar?
	2003—Fred Spiess, Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego Geodesy in the Service of Marine Geophysics
	2002—Sallie W. Chisholm, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prochlorococcus: A Window Into the Photosynthetic Machinery of the Oceans
	2002—Melbourne G. Briscoe, Ph.D. Office of Naval Research Science, Technology, and People
	2001—James P. Kennett, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara Methane Hydrate Reservoir Instability: Implications for Marine Geology and Climate Change