In celebration of the 20th Annual Cornell Mid-Atlantic Crab Feast, we invite you to a special pre-event webinar to explore the incredible impact and diversity that crabs have to offer. 

Hear from Dr. Judith Weis ’62, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, and author of Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs. 

With nearly 7,000 species of crabs roaming the land and sea, Dr. Weis will delve into the fascinating biology and behavior of crabs, as well as their culinary and cultural significance. Whether you’re a marine science enthusiast, crab eater, or simply curious about the strange and sideways lives of crabs, this webinar will give you tons of knowledge to sink your claws into.

Event details
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Time: 7:00–8:30 p.m. ET
Location: Zoom webinar

About the speaker
Dr. Judith Weis ’62 is a Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, Newark. She received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, and MS and PhD from New York University.

Her research focuses mostly on estuarine ecology and ecotoxicology, and she has published over 250 refereed scientific papers, a technical book on marine pollution, co-edited a book on Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour as well as several books for the general public including Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs. She is interested in stresses in estuaries and salt marshes (including pollution, invasive species, and parasites), and their effects on organisms, populations and communities. 

Much of her research has been in estuaries in the NY/NJ area, but she has also done research in Indonesia and Madagascar. She serves on the editorial board for BioScience. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), was a Congressional Science Fellow with the U.S Senate, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Indonesia. She has been on numerous advisory committees for USEPA, NOAA (National Sea Grant Advisory Board), and the National Research Council, served the United Nations Environment Program as a lead author of Global Environmental Outlook (GEO5) and GEO-6 North America, a lead author on the World Ocean Assessment 1 and 2), and an author of the IPBES (Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). She chairs the Science Advisory Board of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection.