- NANCY H.
MARCUS
- Professor
- Florida State
University
- Department of
Oceanography
- Tallahassee, FL
32306–4320
- Phone:
850–644–5498
- Email:
marcus@ocean.fsu.edu
Birth Date: May 17, 1950
Education:
Doctoral
Dissertation:
Marcus, Nancy.
1976.Genotypic and phenotypic variation in the sea urchin
Arbacia punctulata (Gray). Doctoral dissertation, Yale
University.
Employment
History:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution,
September 1976–1977
Postdoctoral
Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
September 1977–1978
Assistant Scientist,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, September
1978–1982
Associate Scientist,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, September
1982–August 1987
Associate Professor, Florida State University, August 1987–1991
Professor, Florida
State University, August 1991-present
Director of the Florida State University
Marine Laboratory, 1989–present
Appointed
Positions:
Editor, Marine Biology, 1992–present
Editorial Advisory
Board, Marine Ecology Progress Series,
1992–1996
Elected
Positions in Professional Organizations, Societies:
Officer, Boards etc.
President, Association of Women in
Science–New
England Chapter, 1985
Secretary, Division of
Ecology, American Society of Zoologists, 1985–1987
Board of Directors, American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography, 1990–1993
Vice President,
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography,
1993–1994
President, American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 1994–1996
Board of Directors, Southern Association of
Marine Laboratories, 1995–1997
Past President,
Amercian Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 1996-1998
Board of Directors, National Association of
Marine Laboratories, 1996-1998
President, Southern
Association of Marine Laboratories, 1997
Committees
Nominating Committee,
American Society of Zoologists, Division of Invertebrate
Zoology, 1984–1986
Council Delegate,
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Biological Sciences Division, 1986–1989,
1992–1995
Nominating Committee,
Section G-Biology, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, 1988–1991
Committee on Council
Affairs, American Association for the Advancement of
Science, 1993–1996
Member at Large,
Section on Biological Sciences, American Association for
the Advancement of Science, 1995–1999
Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa, 1972
Elected Fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989
Being There Award,
Division of Student Affairs, Florida State University,
1991
Fellowships,
Awards:
National Science
Foundation Traineeship, 1973–1974
National Institutes of
Health Cell and Developmental Training Grant Predoctoral
Fellowship, 1974–1976
Woods Hole
Postdoctoral Fellowship, October 1976–1977
NATO Postdoctoral
Fellowship awarded, but declined for study at the
University of Goteborg, Sweden, 1977–1978
Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institution Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship,
1989–1990
Research
Interests:
Evolution, ecology,
and population genetics of marine zooplankton
Dormancy
Research
Grants:
National Science
Foundation, Biological Oceanography, July
1978–December 1980, Physical and biological
parameters associated with resting egg production in the
marine calanoid copepod, Labidocera aestiva.
$64,902
National Science
Foundation, Developmental Biology, September
1978–February 1981, Developmental anomalies in twin
sea urchins. $60,105
Sea Grant, Effects of
sewage sludge on the pelagic marine environment;
Associate Investigator, October 1979–June 1980.
$13,700
National Science
Foundation, Biological Oceanography, January
1981–June 1983, Seasonality, diapause, and the
evolution of marine copepods. $122,618
National Science
Foundation, Developmental Biology, May 1981–November
1983, The determination and expression of asymmetry in
the sea urchin. $60,204
Sea Grant, Effects of
chemical pollutants in benthic sediments on the viability
of copepod eggs, 21 April 1982–30 June, 1983.
$30,900
National Science
Foundation, Biological Oceanography, January
1983–June 1985, Distribution and fate of copepod
eggs on the sea-bottom. $145,531
Mellon Study Award,
1983–1985. $29,930
Environmental
Protection Agency, April 1985–October 1985,
Standards for bioassays: Marine copepods that produce
diapause eggs. Assessment of Labidocera aestiva
(Copepoda: Calanoida) as a test species. $9,900
Sea Grant, 1985,
Standards for bioassays: Marine copepods that produce
diapause eggs. Assessment of Labidocera aestiva
(Copepoda: Calanoida) as a test species. $5,000
National Science
Foundation, Biological Oceanography, January
1985–June 1987,Population growth of marine copepods:
The importance of genetically determined life history
variation. $165,034
National Science
Foundation, Biological Oceanography, October
1988–October 1991, Impact of storms on the
distribution, resuspension, and hatching of copepod
resting eggs. $260,000.
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, October 1989–September
1990, Zooplankton Population Dynamics and Productivity in
Estuaries: The Importance of Resting Stages. $23,437.
National Science
Foundation, Biological Oceanography, June 1,
1992–May 31, 1995, Resting eggs of marine copepods:
How long do they survive and what is the effect of anoxia
and hydrogen sulfide on their viability? $313,904. Dr. J.
Chanton, Co-PI.
Antarctic Science
Advisory Committee, 1993. Distribution and viability of
zooplankton eggs from anoxic sediments from the Vestfold
Hills, Antarctica. $99,500. A. McMinn and K. Swadling,
Co-PI's.
National Science
Foundation, September 1, 1993–August 31, 1996,
Investigation of environmental cues and physiological
processes that regulate larval diapause in Calanus
finmarchicus. $55,893. Co-PI: Pamela
Blades-Eckelbarger.
Association for the
Environmental Health of Soils, Contract, January 1, 1997
- June 30, 1999, A study of the ecological effects and
mitigation potential of Orimulsion, a heavy-end petroleum
product, in simulated Tampa Bay benthic environments.
$437,000. Co-PIs: Proctor, Chanton, Thistle, Iverson.
Sea Grant, March 1,
1998 - February 28, 2000, Culture techniques for marine
ornamental and consumable fish: A better larval diet?
$66,755 (my portion). Co-PI: Joan Holt, Univ. of Texas.
Other
Grants:
National Science
Foundation Travel Grant from the U.S.-Italy Program to
attend symposium on the Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology
of Marine Organisms,Venice, Italy, March 25–April 5,
1977
Sea Grant Symposium
Support, Photoperiodism in the marine environment,
Denver, CO, 1984–1985,
National Science
Foundation, FSU Marine Laboratory Facilities Enhancement
and Renovation. January 15, 1992–January 14, 1993.
$101,800.
Research
Publications:
- 1976 Clutter, M. E.,
E. C. Yeung, and N. H. Marcus. RNA and protein synthesis
in Phaeseolus embryogeny: activity related to
ploidy level. Coll. Internat. C.N.R.S.,
Paris, France. pp. 45–52.
- 1977a Marcus, N.
Temperature induced isozyme variants in individuals of
the sea urchin, Arbacia punctulata. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 58B: 109–113.
- 1977b Marcus, N.
Genetic variation within and between geographically
separated populations of the sea urchin, Arbacia
punctulata. Biological Bulletin 153:
560–576.
- 1979a Marcus, N.
Developmental aberrations associated with twinning in
laboratory-reared sea urchins. Developmental Biology
70: 274–277.
- 1979b Marcus, N. On
the population biology and nature of diapause of Labidocera
aestiva (Copepoda:Calanoida). Biological Bulletin
157: 297–305.
- 1980a Marcus, N.
Genetics of morphological variation in geographically
distant populations of the sea urchin, Arbacia
punctulata. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology
and Ecology 43: 121–130.
- 1980b Marcus, N.
Photoperiodic control of diapause in the marine calanoid
copepod, Labidocera aestiva. Biological
Bulletin 159: 311–318.
- 1981a Marcus, N. Situs
inversus of Arbacia punctulata reared in the
laboratory: pre- and post-metamorphosed stages. International
Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction 3: 1–3.
- 1981b Grice, G. and
Marcus, N. Egg Dormancy of Marine Copepods. Oceanography
and Marine Biology Annual Review 19: 125–140.
- 1981c Marcus, N.
Effects of pronase on the development of reversed
symmetry and duplications in the sea urchin, Arbacia
punctulata. Developmental Biology 83: 387–390.
- 1982a Marcus, N. The
reversibility of subitaneous and diapause egg production
by individual females of Labidocera aestiva
(Copepoda: Calanoida). Biological Bulletin 162:
39–44.
- 1982b Marcus, N.
Photoperiodic and temperature regulation of diapause in Labidocera
aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida). Biological Bulletin
162: 45–52.
- 1983 Marcus, N.
Phenotypic variability in echinoderms, pp. 19–37.
In: Echinoderm Studies, Vol. 1, M. Jangoux and J.
Lawrence (eds.). A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
- 1984a Marcus, N.
Recruitment of copepod nauplii into the plankton: The
importance of diapause eggs and benthic processes. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 15: 47–54.
- 1984b Marcus, N.
Variation in the diapause response of Labidocera
aestiva (Copepoda:Calanoida) from different latitudes
and its importance in the evolutionary process. Biological
Bulletin 166: 127–139.
- 1985a Bucklin, A. and
N. Marcus. Genetic differentiation of populations of the
planktonic copepod, Labidocera aestiva. Marine
Biology 84: 219–224.
- 1985b Marcus, N. H.
Endogenous control of spawning in a marine copepod. Journal
of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 91: 263–269.
- 1985c Marcus, N. H.
Population dynamics of marine copepods: The importance of
genetic variation. Bulletin of Marine Science 37:
684–690.
- 1986a Marcus, N. H.
and J. Schmidt-Gengenbach. Recruitment of individuals
into the plankton: The importance of bioturbation. Limnology
and Oceanography 31: 206–210.
- 1986b Marcus, N. H.
Population dynamics of marine copepods: The importance of
photoperiodism. American Zoologist 26:
469–477.
- 1986c Marcus, N. H.
Introduction to the Symposium: Photoperiodism in the
Marine Environment. American Zoologist 26:
387–388.
- 1986d Marcus, N. H.
and C. Fuller. Subitaneous and diapause eggs of Labidocera
aestiva Wheeler (Copepoda: Calanoida): Differences in
fall velocity and density. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology 99: 247–256.
- 1986e Marcus, N. H.
Genetics, Life Histories, and Pelagic Biogeography.
Proceedings International Conference on Pelagic
Biogeography UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science
49: 182–185.
- 1987 Marcus, N. H.
Differences in the duration of egg diapause of Labidocera
aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Woods Hole
region, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 173:
169–177.
- 1988 Marcus, N. H.
Photoperiodic conditions, food patchiness, and fecundity.
Bulletin of Marine Science 43: 641–649.
- 1989a Marcus, N. H.,
and C.M. Fuller. Distribution and abundance of eggs of Labidocera
aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the bottom sediments
of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Marine Biology 100:
319–326.
- 1989b Marcus, N. H.
Abundance in sediments and hatching requirements of eggs
of Centropages hamatus (Copepoda: Calanoida) from
the Alligator Harbor region, Florida. Biological
Bulletin 176: 142–146.
- 1989c Marcus, N. H.
and P. Alatalo. Conditions for rearing Calanus
finmarchicus (Copepoda: Calanoida) through multiple
generations in the laboratory. Crustaceana 57:
101–103.
- 1990 Marcus, N. H.
Calanoid copepod, cladoceran, and rotifer eggs in
sea-bottom sediments of northern California coastal
waters: Identification, occurrence, and hatching. Marine
Biology 105: 413–418.
- 1991 Marcus, N. H.
Planktonic copepods in a sub-tropical estuary: Seasonal
patterns in the abundance of adults, copepodites,
nauplii, and eggs in the sea-bed. Biological Bulletin
181: 269–274.
- 1992a
Blades-Eckelbarger, P. and N. H. Marcus. The origin of
cortical vesicles and their role in egg envelope
formation in the "spiny" eggs of a calanoid
copepod, Centropages velificatus. Biological
Bulletin 182: 41–53.
- 1992b Marcus, N. H.
and K. Taulbee. Potential effects of a resuspension event
on the vertical distribution of copepod eggs in the sea
bed: A laboratory simulation. Marine Biology 114: 245–252.
- 1992c Lutz, R., N. H.
Marcus, and J. Chanton. The effects of low oxygen
concentrations on the hatching and viability of marine
calanoid copepod eggs. Marine Biology 114: 241–248.
- 1993 Van Waveren, I.
and N.H. Marcus. Morphology of recent copepod egg
envelopes from Turkey Point, Gulf of Mexico, and their
implications for acritarch affinity. Special papers in
Paleontology 48: 111–124.
- 1994a Marcus, N. H.,
R. Lutz, W. Burnett and P. Cable. Age, viability, and
vertical distribution of zooplankton resting eggs from an
anoxic basin: Evidence of an egg bank. Limnology and
Oceanography 39: 154–158.
- 1994b Lutz, R., N. H.
Marcus, and J. Chanton. The effects of low oxygen
concentrations on the hatching and viability of copepod
eggs at two different stages of embryological
development. Marine Biology 119: 199–204.
- 1994c Miller, D. and
N. H. Marcus. The effects of salinity and temperature on
the density and sinking velocity of eggs of the calanoid
copepod, Acartia tonsa Dana. Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 179: 235–252.
- 1994d Swadling, K. and
N. H. Marcus. Selectivity in the natural diets of Acartia
tonsa Dana (Copepoda: Calanoida): Comparison of
juveniles and adults. Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology 181: 91–103
- 1994e Marcus, N. and
R. Lutz. Effects of exposure to anoxia on the viability
of subitaneous eggs of planktonic copepods. Marine
Biology 121: 83–87.
- 1995 Marcus, N. H.
Seasonal study of planktonic copepods and their benthic
resting eggs in northern California coastal waters. Marine
Biology 123: 459–465.
- 1996 Marcus, N. H.
Ecological and evolutionary significance of resting eggs
in marine copepods: Past, present, future studies. Hydrobiologia
320: 141–152.
- 1997a Chen, F. and N.
H. Marcus. Subitaneous, diapause, and delayed-hatching
eggs of planktonic copepods from the northern Gulf of
Mexico: morphology and hatching success. Marine
Biology 127: 587–598.
- 1997b Stalder, L. and
N. H. Marcus. Zooplankton responses to hypoxia:
behavioral patterns and survival of three species of
calanoid copepods. Marine Biology 127:
599–608.
- 1997c Marcus, N. H.,
R. V. Lutz, and J. P. Chanton. Impact of anoxia and
sulfide on the viability of eggs of three planktonic
copepods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 146:
291–295.
Accepted for
Publication:
Marcus, N. H. and F. Boero.
Minireview: The importance of benthic-pelagic coupling and the
forgotten role of life cycles in coastal aquatic systems. Limnology
and Oceanography
Marcus, N. H. and R. Lutz.
Longevity of subitaneous and diapause eggs of Centropages
hamatus (Copepoda:Calanoida) from the northern Gulf of
Mexico. Marine Biology
Marcus, N. H. Vulnerability of Centropages
hamatus (Lilljeborg) diapause eggs (Copepoda:Calanoida) to
anoxia: The influence of time of initial exposure. Hydrobiologia
Other
publications:
1981 Vaccaro, R., J.
Capuzzo, and N. H. Marcus. The Oceans and U.S. Sewage Sludge
Disposal Strategy. Oceanus, 24: 55–59.
1994 Ennis, C. and N. H.
Marcus. Biological Consequences of Global Climate Change.
National Center for Atmospheric Research. University Science
Books, Sausalito, 51 pp. Module #107.
Other media:
1996 Marcus, N. H.
Powerpoint presentation to accompany textbook, Invitation to
Oceanography, P. Pinet. West Publishing Company
Invited
Research Lectures:
National:
Harvard University,
Boston, MA, Spring 1978
Duke University Marine
Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, Spring 1979
Yale University, New
Haven, CT, October 1979
American Society of
Zoologists Annual Meeting, Symposium on Life History
Strategies of Marine Organisms, December 1979
University of Rhode
Island, Narrangansett, RI, December 1980
Duke University Marine
Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, April 1981
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, October 1981
University of
California at:
Santa Cruz, March 1982
Irvine, March 1982
Santa Barbara, March
1982
Hopkins Marine
Station, Monterey, CA, March 1982
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, February 1983
University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, December 1983
Goucher College,
Baltimore, MD, April 1984
Tufts University,
Medford, MA, May 1984
Harvard University,
Boston, MA, May 1984
American Society of
Zoologists Annual Meeting, Symposium on Photoperiodism in
the Marine Environment, Denver, CO, December 1984
University of New
Hampshire, Durham, NH, April 1985
Bigelow Laboratory for
Ocean Sciences, Booth Bay, ME, October 1985
State University of
New York, Stony Brook, NY, March 1986
University of
Delaware, Lewes, DE, May 1986
Harbor Branch
Foundation, Ft. Pierce, FL, June 1986
Florida State
University, Tallahassee, FL, July 1986
Oregon State
University, Portland, OR, December 1986
University of New
Hampshire, Durham, NH, February 1987
University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, February 1987
University of Tampa,
Tampa, FL, October 1987
U.S. Geological
Survey, Menlo Park, CA, April 1989
Bodega Bay Marine
Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA, September 1989
University of South
Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, September 1990
University of West
Florida, Pensacola, FL, October 1990
Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY, October 1991
Horn Point
Environmental Laboratory, Horn Point, MD, October 1991
University of Rhode
Island, Narragansett, RI, November 1991
Virginia Institute of
Marine Science, Gloucester Pt., VA, May 1992
Oregon State
University, Portland, OR, October 1993
Dauphin Island Sea
Lab, Dauphin Island, ALJuly 1995
Bodega Marine
Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA December 1995
Marine Science
Institute, Port Aransas, TX, October 1996,
Skidaway Institute of
Oceanography, Savannah, GA, May 1997
International:
Xiamen University,
China, August 1984
Dalhousie University,
Canada, November, 1984
National University,
Costa Rica, May 1991
Symposium on
Crustacean Diapause, St. Petersburg, Russia, September
1994
Zoological Station,
Naples, Italy, January 1995
Research
Papers Presented at International Meetings:
International
Conference on the Copepoda, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
August 1981
International
Echinoderm Conference, Tampa, FL, September 1981
International Plankton
Meeting, Schimizu, Japan, July 1984
International
Conference on Pelagic Biogeography, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, May 1985
International
Conference on the Copepoda, Baltimore, MD, June 1993
Zooplankton Production
Symposium, Plymouth, England, August 1994
Symposium on
Crustacean Diapause, Ghent, Belgium, August 1997
Research-Related
Workshops and Conferences, Invited Participant:
National Science
Foundation Sponsored Workshop, Biological effects of
coastal ocean sediment transport (BECOST), June 1986
National Science
Foundation-GLOBEC sponsored workshop on recruitment,
Wintergreen, VA,May 1988
National Science
Foundation sponsored Zooplankton Population Biology
Workshop, Co-Chair and Rapporteur, Kellogg Biological
Station, MI, October 1989
Coastal Ocean
Processes Workshop, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
CA, July 1990
National Science
Foundation-UNOLS sponsored workshop to assess the future
vessel and facility needs of coastal oceanography,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, February 1993
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration-NURP sponsored workshop,
Research Priorities in the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans,
LA, May 1994
National Association
of Marine Laboratories Workshop, Role of marine
laboratories in facilitating research and education
activities in the coastal zone, Participant and workshop
facilitator, Sarasota, FL, October 1995
National Climate
Change Forum, Washington, D.C., November 1997
Ocean Studies Board
Workshop, The Ocean’s Role in Human Health,
Washington, D.C., June 1998
Membership
in Professional Societies:
American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
The Oceanographic
Society (TOS)
Estuarine Research
Federation (ERF)
Association for Women
in Science (AWIS)
World Association of
Copepodologists
Sigma Xi
Teaching and
Related Educational Activities:
Florida
State University:
Graduate Advisees:
Robert Lutz, Thesis
Advisor, M.S. awarded 1991
Denise Miller, Thesis
Advisor, M.S. awarded 1991
Kerrie Swadling,
Thesis Advisor, M.S. awarded 1992
Feng Chen, Thesis
Advisor, M.S. awarded 1996
Lynda Stalder, Thesis
Advisor, M.S. awarded 1996
Barbara Exner, Thesis
Advisor, Fall 1997 - present
Graduate Student
Committees:
Served on 26 M.S. and
Ph.D. committees
Undergraduate
Researchers Supervised:
Cara Rockwell
Keith Taulbee
Elizabeth Wiese
Postdoctoral Advisee:
Isabelle Van Waveran,
Fulbright Research Scholar, 1990-1991
Courses Taught:
OCE 1001, Elementary
Oceanography
Regular, Honors, Bryan
Hall Learning Community
OCB 5050 Biological
Oceanography
OCB 5556 Zooplankton
Ecology
PSC 2800 Earth Science
for Early Childhood/Elementary Education Teachers
WST 4930/5934 Women
and Science
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution:
Graduate Student
Committees:
Served on 6 Ph.D.
committees
Postdoctoral Advisees:
Ann Bucklin
Saran Twombly
Undergraduate Summer
Research Advisees:
Margaret Wilkens,
Bates College
Christine De Soto,
University of Guelph
Isidro Bosch,
University of California at Santa Barbara
Carolyn Shumway,
Wellesley College
Robert Arkowitz, Duke
University
Cam Moler, Stanford
University
Education-Related
Workshops and Committees, Invited Participant:
National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Committee to develop course on
Global Change, 1988–1990
National Science
Foundation and U.S. Department of Education sponsored
conference, Joining Forces: Spreading Successful
Strategies, Washington D.C., February 1995
National Atmospheric
and Oceanic Administration sponsored workshop, Expanding
Opportunities in Ocean Sciences: Strengthening the links
between HMSCU undergraduates and oceanic graduate
studies, Participant and panelist, Hampton University,
VA, September 1995
National Science
Foundation sponsored Women and Science Conference:
Celebrating achievements and charting challenges,
workshop facilitator, Washington, D.C., December 1995
National Research
Council sponsored National Convocation on Sciences and
Engineering Doctoral Education, Washington, D.C., June
1996
National Science
Foundation, Geosciences Working Group on Education, 1996
National Research
Council, Topical Forum, Teaching Non-Science Majors,
Invited Speaker, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM,
February 1997
Service
activities:
Florida
State University:
University level
committees:
FSU Marine Laboratory
Advisory Committee, 1988–1989
Arts and Sciences
Policy Committee, 1988–1990
Goldwater Scholarship
Selection Committee, 1991-1992
Women Studies Advisory
Committee, 1990–present
Honors Program Policy
Committee, 1991–1994
Graduate Policy
Committee, Review of the Mathematics Education Ph.D.
program, 1991
Search committee,
Assistant Dean of Women's Concerns, 1991
Program for
Instructional Excellence, Selection committee for
Outstanding Teaching Assistant, 1991
Commission on the
Status of Women, 1992–1994
Committee on Faculty
Sabbaticals, 1992–1993
Foundation Grants
Advisory Committee, 1992–1995
AAU/SACS Research and
Creativity Committee, 1992–1993
Lawton Distinguished
Professor Selection Committee, 1993–1994
Contracts and Grants,
Search committee for new Director, 1993-1994
CRC Committee
1995–1998
Evaluation committee
for pre-proposals submitted to NSF Academic Research
Infrastructure Program, 1994-1995
Dissertation
Fellowship Committee, 1996-1997
Sexual Harassment, ad
hoc committee, Fall 1997
University level, other
activities:
University Women in
Science, Faculty sponsor, 1987–1991
Program for
Instructional Excellence, Women in Academe, Invited
panelist, 1991
University Women in
Science-Communication Styles, Invited speaker, 1991
Faculty Luncheon
Series, Presbyterian University Center, Ethical Issues,
Invited Speaker,1991
Mathematics and
Science Education Colloquium Series, Perspectives on
Being a Woman in Science, Invited speaker, 1991
President, Sigma Xi
Scientific Society, FSU Chapter, 1992-1993
Women in Biology,
Panel Discussion, Invited Participant, FSU, April 1993
President's Retreat,
Education and Citizenship in the Intellectual Community
at FSU, Wakulla Springs, Invited Participant, March 1994
Program for
Instructional Excellence, featured in video for African
American Student Retention Seminar, 1994
Program in
Instructional Excellence, Academic Myths: A Look at
Reality, Invited panelist, 1995
Bryan Hall Learning
Community, Participating Instructor, Spring 1998
Departmental:
Admissions Committee,
1987–1989, 1993–present
Academic Policy
Committee, 1988–1989, 1991–1992, 1992–1993
Undergraduate Studies
Committee, 1988–1989
Promotion and Tenure
Committee, 1990–present
Science Area
Committee, 1991–1992, 1992–1993
Accountability
Committee, 1994–present
Library Committee,
1994–1997
Represented the
department at Boys State Exposition, 1994
Third year review
committee for L. Proctor, 1996-1997
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution:
Institution level:
Associates Day in
Science, invited speaker, 1979
Women's Committee,
1979–1981
Staff Committee,
1982–1984
Bigelow Medal
Committee, 1984
Stockroom Committee,
1984
Lectures and
laboratory demonstrations for high school students, and
other visitors (arranged through the Public Information
Office)
Departmental:
Seminar Coordinator,
1979–1980
Curriculum Committee,
1984
Planning Committee for
expanded course in Biological Oceanography
Promotion Committee
for Timothy Cowles
Joint Committee for
Biological Oceanography, 1979–1986
Educational Council,
1982–1984: Chairperson, subcommittee to formulate
Education Coordinator
Position, 1984
Admissions Committee,
1985–1986
Scientific
community:
International
Committees:
World Cultural
Council, 1987–present (bestows the Albert Einstein
World Award of Science)
National Committees:
National Science
Foundation-UNOLS Workshop, Vessel and Facilities Needs of
Coastal Oceanography, Steering Committee, 1992–1993
University Corporation
for Atmospheric Research, Membership Committee,
1995–1997
National Science
Foundation, Polar Programs, Palmer Area Users Committee,
1997-present
Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council,
January 1998 - December 2000
National Review Panels:
National Institutes of
Health, Site review member for the Cell Biology Study
Section, 1985
National Institutes of
Health (National Cancer Institute) Ad hoc panel member,
1987
National Science
Foundation, Biological Oceanography Program, Panel
member, 1988–1991
National Research
Council, Site visit team member for review of
NASA/Science and Technology Laboratory, Mississippi,
January 1990
Department of Energy,
Review panel for Ocean Margins Program, October 1991
National Science
Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates Review
Panel, 1994
National Science
Foundation, Faculty Early Career Program Special Emphasis
Panel, March 1997
U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Fellowship Peer Review Panel for
Oceanography, February 1998
Symposia Organized:
Northeast Regional
Conference on Developmental Biology, Woods Hole, MA,
March 1981
Symposium on
Photoperiodism in the Marine Environment, American
Society of Zoologists Annual Meeting, Denver, December
1984; also edited special volume.
American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography, Special Session, Population
Genetics of Planktonic Organisms, San Francisco, December
1988 (Co-organized with Dr. Michelle Wood, University of
Chicago)
American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography, Special Session, The
Forgotten Role of Life Cycles in Benthic-Pelagic
Coupling, Santa Fe, NM, February 1997
American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography/American Geophysical Union
Special Session, Ocean Research in the Service of
Education, San Diego, CA, February 1998 (Co-organized
with Martha Scott, Texas A & M University)
Public
Outreach:
Harvard University,
Careers in Biology: Alternatives to Medicine; invited to
organize workshop in Marine Biology (conference sponsored
by Radcliffe College and MIT), 1978
Southeastern
Massachusetts University: Women and Employment in the
Eighties, guest speaker, 1980
High School Science
Workshop, Co-organizer, Falmouth, MA, 1983, 1985
High School Science
Workshop, Invited speaker, Plymouth, NH, 1983
High School Outreach
Program, Invited speaker, Greater Boston Area 1984, 1985
Expanding Your
Horizons Conference, Invited speaker and planning
committee, Wheaton College, MA, April 1986
Goucher College,
Admissions Representative, 1984–1985
Capital Regional
Science and Engineering Fair, Judge, Tallahassee, FL,
1987, 1988, 1991.
Griffen Middle School
Career Day, Invited Speaker, Tallahassee, FL, 1989
Developmental Research
School Career Day, Invited Speaker, Tallahassee, FL, 1989
Young Scholars
Program, faculty sponsor, FSU, Tallahassee, FL, summer
1990, 1991, 1996
Expanding Your
Horizons in Science and Mathematics, A Day of Career
Exploration for 7th and 8th grade girls, Chairperson and
Organizer, FSU, Tallahassee, FL, May 1990, May 1992.
Expanding your
Horizons Conference, Invited panelist and workshop
leader, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, March
1991
International Science
and Engineering Fair, Judge, Orlando, May 1991
Florida State
University Marine Laboratory, Organized Open House, May
1992, 1994
Cobb Middle School
Career Day, Invited Speaker, Tallahassee, FL, April 1992
Raa Middle School
Career Day, Invited Speaker, Tallahassee, FL, May 1992,
1994
Leon County Gifted
Program, Sponsored middle school students, 1992
Lunch and Learn
Series, Center for Professional Development, FSU, Invited
Speaker, Tallahassee, FL, June 1993, November 1993
Kiwanis Club, Invited
Speaker, Tallahassee, FL, July 1993
Kiwanis Club, Invited
Speaker, Wakulla County, February 1994
Cobb Middle School
Career Day, Invited Speaker, Tallahassee, FL, April 1996
On Being an
Oceanographer, Barnes and Nobles, Invited Speaker,
Tallahassee, FL, October 1996