This episode of the Tybee Marine Science Center Podcast (recorded at the Ship Watch Loft on Tybee Island) features award-winning marine biologist Dr. Chris Hintz, associate professor at Savannah State University.

Hintz recounts arriving at Savannah State in 2009, early NSF-funded coastal sampling along the Savannah River and Georgia coast, and his path from chemical/environmental engineering into marine science via coral aquaculture and filtration work, leading to a PhD at the University of South Carolina. He discusses receiving a Google Geo Good Impact award for documenting sea turtle hatchling misorientation linked to coastal light pollution affecting Ossabaw Island and other sites, plus efforts to estimate nest incubation temperatures using NOAA/NWS and NASA data without disturbing nests and to assess climate-related sex-ratio impacts.

He also describes collaborations on Ogeechee River microplastics and Gray’s Reef concerns, and research on oyster growth, reef restoration, and aquaculture’s environmental benefits.

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FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Welcome and Awards

01:19 Georgia Coast Origin Story

03:19 Engineering to Ocean Science

09:22 Sea Turtle Light Pollution

12:05 Tracking Nest Temperatures

15:01 Microplastics and Rivers

16:32 Oysters and Acidification

18:50 Aquaculture Benefits Explained

22:41 Microscopic Ocean Monsters

23:45 State of the Ocean Today

25:29 Relaxing on the Water

27:17 Closing and Support TMSC