(B.S., M.S., Biology, Stanford University; Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara) a Research Associate at Western Washington University, has been a professor of marine science since 1984. Her expertise is in biological oceanography and zooplankton and larval fish ecology. Her specialty is on the ecology of jellyfish. Her activities at various universities over the last three decades have included research in the ocean and estuaries (over 30 research cruises) that was funded by 25 competitive research grants from U.S. funding agencies, teaching (developed and taught 20 graduate and 2 undergraduate classes), advising (official advisor for 23 undergraduate, 7 M.S., 2 Ph.D., and 2 post-doctoral students in U.S. institutions. In addition she worked extensively with 10 Ph.D. students in Ireland, Spain, and Italy. Part of her professional activities includes publishing papers in professional journals (author of over 125 publications), editing (editor of five symposium volumes, associate editor of two major marine journals), reviewing (reviewer for funding agencies and professional journals), and presenting (more than 100 talks at professional meetings universities, schools, and public organizations). She also interviews for media organizations, including radio, television, magazines, and newspapers.
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