<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">DISCO XXVIII</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Times">16-20 October 2022</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:Times">Application Deadline: 22 April 2022</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Times">To apply for DISCO XXVIII: </span><a href="http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/disco/DISCO_symposium/disco_application.htm" target="_blank">www.soest.hawaii.edu/disco/DISCO_symposium/disco_application.htm</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Dear Colleagues:</span><span style="font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography (DISCO) XXVIII meeting will be held in Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i from 16 – 20 October 2022.  This symposium provides recent graduates, or soon to graduate, PhD-level oceanographers in the field of chemical oceanography with an opportunity to present their dissertation research in front of their professional peers and to forge professional relationships that will facilitate their future research and academic careers.  As for several of the previous meetings, DISCO XXVIII will run concurrently with the Physical Oceanography Dissertations Symposium (PODS).</span><span style="font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Applications are being accepted from individuals who received their PhD after 30 June 2021 or will complete their degree before 1 July 2023.  Participation is by invitation only, with participants’ travel and on-site expenses supported by the meeting sponsors.  The deadline to apply is 22 April 2022.  The meeting is sponsored by NSF and NOAA, and coordinated by the University of Hawai‘i.</span><span style="font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Please see the meeting website for more information (</span><a href="http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/disco" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Times">www.soest.hawaii.edu/disco</span></a><span style="font-family:Times">). For any questions not answered there, please email us at </span><a href="mailto:disco@soest.hawaii.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Times">disco@soest.hawaii.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Times">.  We would appreciate it if you could circulate this announcement amongst your colleagues and students.</span><span style="font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Chris Sabine and Karen Selph, on behalf of DISCO<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><br></div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><br></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>