Professor, University of Washington
Research Technologist
Sebens Lab
Lab: (206) 616-0699
tdwyer at uw dot edu
tdwyer00 at gmail dot com
AB, Biology and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
MSc, Biology (Research), Northeastern University
My duties as a research tech in the Sebens lab compliment my interests in marine science in several ways. Professionally, the lab’s long-term research in benthic sub-tidal community ecology generates datasets that offer opportunities for addressing my curiosity with biodiversity loss, invasion ecology, preserve design and fisheries biology. Ongoing surveys begun in Massachusetts in the late 1970s and in the San Juan Islands marine preserves in 2006 lay the groundwork for targeted manipulations. Though these studies are mensurative in nature, it’s fascinating to participate in the collection, analysis and synthesis of these data and to lend a hand in the design and implementation of experiments that develop from the patterns we see.
On a personal level, the lab’s field-based approach to research provides access to the wind-in-your-hair marine biology that I dreamed about as a kid. Above and beneath the waves, the Salish Sea merges with surrounding islands, mountains and weather to form a landscape that is simultaneously overwhelming and subtle in its beauty. In operating small boats in these waters and working within them, I see something new on every outing. And it simply never gets old.
PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
I am generally interested in subtidal marine ecology. I am currently researching fatty acid content of a diverse assemblage of NE pacific macrophytes and invertebrates. The goal of this work is to track differing sources of primary production through subtidal marine food webs using essential fatty acid biomarkers. To initiate this work I collected and extracted fatty acids from a phylogenetically broad list of 40 macrophyte taxa to ask whether macrophyte taxonomic groups (phyla, orders, families) differ in their fatty acid content. My past work includes forays into terrestrial ecology, resource management/public outreach, investigations of ungulate/cougar spatial use, pinniped spatial use, and subtidal population surveys of geoduck clams and sea cucumbers.
Aaron's CV is here.
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PhD Student
PhD StudentBiology
http://www.biology.washington.edu/users/derek-smith
benthos@uw.edu
Derek's CV is here.
Derek's resume is here.
PhD CandidateFORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Harvard University:
Philip S. Lobel, 1977 - 1979 (Ph.D.) coral reef fish ecology
Kent Redford, 1977 - 1983 (Ph.D.) ecology of myrmecophagous mammals
Richard R. Olson, 1978 - 1984 (Ph.D.) larval ecology of ascidians
Richard Aronson, 1979 - 1985 (Ph.D.) ecology and behavior of octopus, ophiuroids
Colleen Cavanaugh, 1979 - 1985 (Ph.D. ) biology of bacteria-invertebrate associations (with J. McCarthy, co-advisor)
Mark Patterson, 1979 - 1985 (Ph.D.) biomechanics of benthic marine organisms. (with T. McMahon, co-advisor)
Northeastern University:
C. Shannon Briscoe, 1986 - 1988 (M. S.). predatory effects of sea urchins.
Kathleen Durante 1985 - 1988 (M. S.). reproductive ecology of ascidians.
Brian Helmuth 1989 - 1991 (M. S.) particle capture by corals
Julia S. Miles 1985 - 1992 (Ph.D.). coelenterate agonistic behavior and energetics
Krista Graham 1989 - 1992 (M. S.). spatial patterns of larval dispersal
Douglas Updike 1988 - 1992 (M. S.) larval ecology of octocorals
Laura Savina 1989 - 1992 (M. S.) coral symbiosis physiology
Maria Abate (1992 - 1998) coral reef fish ecology (Ph.D., F. Davis, co-advisor)
Katherine Paull (1992 - 2000) crustose algal ecology (Ph.D., C. Ellis, co-advisor)
Jan Witting (1992 - 2000).suspension feeding by anthozoans (Ph.D., J. Ayers, co-advisor)
University of Maryland:
(ZOOL – Zoology, BIOL – Biology, MEES – Marine Estuarine Env. Sciences Program)
Karla Heidelberg (1992 - 1999) feeding biology of anthozoans (J. Purcell, co-advisor) (Ph.D.). UMCES Graduate Fellowship recipient (1996 - 1997), MEES
Matt Mills (1993 - 2000). suspension feeding by corals (Ph.D.) BIOL
Kelton Clark (1993 - 2001). predator prey interactions in estuaries (A. Hines, co-advisor)(Ph.D.) MEES
Thomas Shyka (1993 - 2000) nutrient ecology of coral reefs (M. S.) MEES
Andrea Mandella (1994 - 1996) molecular biology of corals (M. S.) ZOOL
Kimberley Benson (1997 - 1998). water flow effects on benthos (M. S. program) UMCP Graduate Fellowship recipient, 1997 - 1998, MEES (trans. to CONS)
Brian Badgley (1997 - 2001). nutrient effects on reef corals (M. S.) UMCP Graduate Fellowship recipient, 1997 - 1999. MEES
Elizabeth Jewett (1998 - present) biology of invasive species (Ph.D. program) BIOL (NSF Training Grant, fellowship)
Ruth Kelty (1998-2000) (Ph.D) Phosphorus uptake by reef corals MEES
Tanja Slota (1999 - 2002) Zooplankton dynamics on coral reefs (M.S.) MEES
Mark Lupisella (2000 - present). Models of community structure (Ph.D. program) BIOL
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS :
Mark R. Patterson (1984 - 1985), Ph.D., Harvard University
Jon D. Witman (1985 - 1986), Ph.D., University of New Hapshire
Amy Johnson (1986 - 1988), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Peter Edmunds (1989 - 1990), Ph.D., Glasgow University
Joaquim Garrabou (1998 - 2000), Ph.D., Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Karla Heidelberg (1999 - 2001), Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park