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Marine acoustician Jennifer Miksis-Olds leads 91制片厂鈥檚 Center for Acoustics Research and Education, heads up a multi-million dollar acoustic observatory initiative and received the nation鈥檚 highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers 鈥� directly from President Obama.

But on Monday, June 8, 2020, World Oceans Day, faces some of the fiercest competition of her storied career: five teenagers from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis who won the 2020 National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Miksis-Olds and four other leading marine researchers 鈥� the 鈥淪ages of the Sea鈥� team 鈥� will square off against the high school champions in the , a quiz bowl-style competition.

鈥淚鈥檓 excited to be part of an event that will virtually celebrate our oceans on World Oceans Day when global conditions prevent in-person participation,鈥� says Miksis-Olds. 鈥淭hese high school champions are amazing teenagers, and I have a premonition that the friendly competition will be a humbling experience for the Sages of the Sea.鈥�

In February, 91制片厂 and NH Sea Grant hosted 18 teams of high school students for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl regional 2020 Nor'easter Bowl. Students from 11 schools in New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island competed in the quiz bowl competition; from Rhode Island won and competed in the National Ocean Science Bowl.

Anyone can to be in the audience of this free virtual event; it will be livestreamed and archived on and .

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