Research and Academic Facilities
Institute of Marine Science - Fairbanks
The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences facilities in Fairbanks are located across three buildings on UAF's West Ridge.
- 2 - 42" plasma video displays
- 2 - Overhead video projectors for multimedia content
- 48" smartboard (a digital whiteboard used for distance learning)
- Seating for up to 56 students
Research Laboratories - O'Neill Building
| Location | Facility Name | Contact |
| 134 O'Neill | Fisheries Oceanography Lab | Brenda Norcross |
| 143 O'Neill | Stephen Jewett | |
| 145 O'Neill | Biological Oceanography Lab | Russell Hopcroft |
| 147 O'Neill | Marine Geology, Geochemistry and Acoustics Lab | John Kelley |
| 218 O'Neill | Benthic Ecology and Fisheries Lab | Katrin Iken |
| 209 O'Neill | West Coast and Polar Regions Undersea Research Center | Contact WC&PRURC |
Vera Alexander Learning Center - 201 O'Neill
The Vera Alexander Learning Center, a new smart classroom and seminar room for SFOS faculty, staff and students, was completed in 2008. The center is in room 201 of the O'Neill building on the UAF campus. The new learning center provides a venue for SFOS student theses defenses, lectures, seminars and for distance learning courses.
The center was dedicated to Vera Alexander, the first woman to receive a doctorate at the University of Alaska, in a dedication event held in May 2008*. The Vera Alexander Learning Center features complete videoconferencing capabilities:
Other UAF Research Facilities
Other UAF Research Facilities - Irving Building I & II
Seward Marine Center - Seward
- Alaska SeaLife Center
- Seward Marine Center
- SMC wet laboratory with running sea water system and saltwater tanks
- D.W. Hood Laboratory
Global Undersea Research Unit - Homer / Seldovia
- Kasitsna Bay Laboratory
- 1,400 ft2 wet lab with running seawater system
- 5 dry labs with microscopes, etc.
- Cold water SCUBA dive facility with air compression system
Fisheries Division - Juneau
The Lena Point Fisheries Facility has ~30,000 ft2 of educational and research space.
- The research space includes:
- 2 wet labs with running seawater system and saltwater tanks
- An adjacent analytical / dry lab
- 4 laboratories with formalin / fume hood capabilities
- 4 laboratories without fume hoods
- A teaching laboratory
- A large classroom with distance delivery capability
- A small classroom with distance delivery capability
- A computer classroom
The academic space includes:
Fishery Industrial Technology Center - Kodiak
The Alfred Owen Building is a 20,000 ft2 state-of-the-art research facility.
| Location | Facility Name | Contact |
| Alfred Owen Building | Seafood Research Lab with fume hoods | fitc@sfos.uaf.edu |
| Alfred Owen Building | Chemistry Lab with fume hoods | fitc@sfos.uaf.edu |
| Alfred Owen Building | Biochemistry Lab with fume hoods | fitc@sfos.uaf.edu |
| Alfred Owen Building | Microbiology Lab with fume hoods | fitc@sfos.uaf.edu |
| Pilot Plant | Pilot Plant | fitc@sfos.uaf.edu |
| Research Kitchen | Research Kitchen | fitc@sfos.uaf.edu |
| Sensory Testing Facility | Sensory Testing Facility | fitc@sfos.uaf.edu |