CURRICULUM VITAE
Victoria J. Coles
Horn Point Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, Maryland 21613
Phone:
410-221-8248
Fax:
410-221-8490
Email:
[email protected]
I. EDUCATION
1991
1998
B.S., University of California at San Diego. Physics (Earth Sciences).
Ph.D., University of Miami. Physical Oceanography. (Advisor.
Donald B. Olson)
II. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
1991-97
Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Meteorology and Physical
Oceanography, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
University of Miami.
1997–00
Postdoctoral Fellow, Universities Space Research Association,
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA.
2000–01
Research Associate, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center.
1999–01
Visiting Scientist, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science.
2001–09
Research Assistant Professor, Horn Point Laboratory, University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
2009–present Research Associate Professor, Horn Point Laboratory, University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
Awards and Special Recognition
2008
2009
2014
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
President’s award for excellence in application of science.
State of Maryland Governor’s Commendation for work on
Maryland Commission on Climate Change.
Elected AGU secretary for physical oceanography 2015-2017.
III.
RESEARCH
A. Areas of professional expertise
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Observation and modeling of ocean and estuarine circulation
Climate forcing on regional and global scales
Biogeochemical, ecological, and genomic modeling
B. Publications
1. Papers in Refereed Journals
Griffa, A., E. P. Chassignet, V. J. Coles, and D. B. Olson (1996) Inertial gyre solutions
from a primitive equation ocean model. Journal of Marine Research, 54: 653—
677.
Coles, V. J., M. S. McCartney, D. B. Olson, and W. M. Smethie, Jr. (1996) Changes in
Antarctic Bottom Water properties in the western South Atlantic in the late
1980's. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101: 8957—8970.
Coles, V.J. and M. M. Rienecker (2001) North Pacific subtropical-tropical gyre
exchanges in the thermocline: Simulations with two isopycnal OGCM's.
Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31: 2590-2611.
Coles, V.J., C. Wilson, R. R. Hood (2004) Remote sensing of new production fuelled
by nitrogen fixation. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L06301, doi:
10.1029/2003GL019018.
Coles, V.J., R. R. Hood, M. Pascual and D. G. Capone (2004) Modeling the impact of
Trichodesmium and nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of
Geophysical Research. 109, C06006, doi:10.1029/2002JC001753.
Hood, R.R., V. J. Coles, and D. G. Capone (2004) Modeling the distribution of
Trichodesmium and nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of
Geophysical Research. 109, C06007, doi:10.1029/2002JC001754.
Wilson, C., V. J. Coles (2005) Global climatological relationships between satellite
biological and physical observations and upper ocean properties. Journal of
Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2004JC002724.
Coles, V. J. and R. R. Hood (2007) Modeling the impact of iron and phosphorus
limitations on nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences 4, 455-479.
Cooley, S., V. J. Coles, A. Subramaniam and P. Yager (2007) Seasonal variations
in the Amazon plume-related atmospheric carbon sink. Global
Biogeochemical Cycles 21, GB3014, doi:10.1029/2006GB002831.
L. Y. Yeung, W. M. Berelson, E. D. Young, M. G. Prokopenko, N. Rollins, V. J. Coles,
J. P. Montoya, E. J. Carpenter, D.K. Steinberg, R.A. Foster, D.G. Capone and P.
L. Yager (2012) Impact of diatom-diazotroph associations on carbon export in
the
Amazon
River
plume. Geophysical
Research
Letters,
39,
doi:10.1029/2012GL053356.
Yoshikawa, C., V.J. Coles, R. R. Hood , D.G. Capone, N. Yoshida (2013) Modeling
how surface nitrogen fixation influences subsurface nutrient patterns in the
North Atlantic, Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 118, 2520-2534, doi:
10.1002/jgrc.20165.
Colton, A.R., M.J. Wilberg, V.J. Coles, and T.J. Miller (2013) An evaluation of the
synchronization in the dynamics of blue crab populations in the western
Atlantic. Fisheries Oceanography, doi:10.1111/fog.12048.
Goes, J., H. do Rosario Gomes, A.C. Chekalyuk, E.J. Carpenter, J.P. Montoya, V.J.
Coles, P.L. Yager, W. M. Berelson, D.G. Capone, R. A. Foster, D. K. Steinberg,
M. Hafez (2013) Biogeography of phytoplankton communities in the western
tropical North Atlantic as influenced by discharge from the Amazon River,
Progress in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.010
Grodsky, S.A., G. Reverdin, J.A. Carton and V.J. Coles (2013), Year-to-year salinity
changes in the Amazon Plume: contrasting 2011 and 2012 Aquarius/SACD
and SMOS satellite data, Remote Sensing of Environment, in press.
Coles, V. J., M. T. Brooks, J. Hopkins, M. R. Stukel, P. L. Yager, and R. R. Hood
(2013), The pathways and properties of the Amazon River Plume in the
tropical North Atlantic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 118(12):6894-6913.
Stukel, M.R., V.J. Coles, M.T. Brooks, R.R. Hood (2014) Top-down, bottom-up and
physical controls on diatom-diazotroph assemblage growth in the Amazon
River plume, Biogeosciences 11, 3259—3278, doi:10.5194/bg-11-3259-2014.
Satinsky, B.M., B.C. Crump, C.B. Smith, S. Sharma, B. Zielinski, M. Doherty, J.
Meng, S. Sun, P.M. Medeiros, J.H. Paul, V.J. Coles, P.L. Yager, M.A.
Moran, (2014) Microspatial Gene Expression Patterns in the Amazon River
Plume, PNAS, 111(30) 11085-11090, doi:10.1073/pnas.1402782111.
Ayers, J.M., P.G. Strutton, V.J. Coles, R.R. Hood, R.J. Matear, (2014) Indonesian
throughflow nutrient fluxes and their potential impact on Indian Ocean
productivity, Geophys. Res. Lett. 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060593.
Strutton, P.G., V.J. Coles, R.R. Hood, R.J. Matear, M.J. McPhaden, H.E. Phillips
(2014) Biogeochemical variability in the equatorial Indian Ocean during the
monsoon transition, Biogeosciences, accepted.
2. Other Peer Reviewed Publications
Boesch, D. F., V. J. Coles, D. G. Kimmel, and W. D. Miller (2007), Ramifications of
climate change to Chesapeake Bay hypoxia, Pew Environmental series.
Hood, R. R., V. J. Coles, and T. F. Gross (2008) Marine Models. In: Sven Erik
Jorgensen and Brian D. Fath (Editor-in-Chief), Ecological Models Vol. [3] of
Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols. pp. 2217-2225 Oxford: Elsevier.
V. J. Coles, Hood, R. R., T. F. Gross (2008) Hydrodynamic Models. In: Sven Erik
Jorgensen and Brian D. Fath (Editor-in-Chief), Ecological Models Vol. [3] of
Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols., Oxford: Elsevier.
Hood, R., W. Naqvi, J. Wiggert, J. Goes, V. Coles, J. McCreary, N. Bates, P. K.
Karuppasamy, N. Mahowald, S. Seitzinger and G. Meyers (2008), Research
opportunities and challenges in the Indian Ocean. Eos Transactions AGU,
89(13): 125.
Boesch, D.F. (editor). (2008) Global Warming and the Free State: Comprehensive
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Maryland. Report of the
Scientific and Technical Working Group of the Maryland Commission on
Climate Change, submitted to the Governor and General Assembly
pursuant to Executive Order 01.10.2007.07. (Primary author of Sections 3
and 4)
Coles, V. J., L. Gerber, S. Legg, and M. S. Lozier. (2011) Commentary: Mentoring
groups—A nonexit strategy for women in physical oceanography.
Oceanography 24(2):17–20, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2011.43.
3. Other Non Peer Reviewed Publications
Hood, R.R., V. J. Coles, M. Pascual, and D. G. Capone (2001) Modeling
Trichodesmium and Nitrogen Fixation in the Atlantic: JGOFS meets
Biocomplexity. US. JGOFS News, 11: 3pp.
Lozier, M.S., A. Adcroft, L. Beal, A. Bower, D. Byrne, A. Capotondi, V. Coles, K.
Lavender, C.M. Lee, J. MacKinnon, K. Shearman, L. St. Laurent, L.
Thompson, and D. Witter. (2006) MPOWIR: Mentoring physical
oceanography to increase retention. Report of a workshop held October 9- 12,
2005. 32 pp. [Online] available at: http://www.mpowir.org.
Valvo, L. M., M.S. Lozier and V. Coles. (2008) The Pattullo conference report and
update on other MPOWIR activities. Report of a workshop held May 1821, 2008. 35pp. [Online] available at: http://www.mpowir.org.
4. Submitted Publications
Loick-Wilde, N., S. C. Weber, B. J. Conroy, D. G. Capone, V. J. Coles, D. K. Steinberg,
and J. P. Montoya (2015), Nitrogen sources and net growth efficiency of
zooplankton in three Amazon River Plume food webs, Limnol. Oceanogr.,
submitted.
Coles, V. J., R.R. Hood, M.R. Stukel, M.T. Brooks, M.A. Moran, J.H. Paul, B.M.
Satinsky, B.L. Zielinsky, P.L. Yager (2015), Emergent microbial
metagenomes and metatranscriptomes in a model ocean, Science, rejected,
but invited to resubmit, currently in revision.
C. Contracts and Grants
1. Awarded (Since employment at UMCES)
“BIOCOMPLEXITY: Factors affecting, and impact of, diazotrophic microorganisms
in the western Equatorial Atlantic”, NSF 1/1/00-1/1/04, $282,000, HPL
Component. (with R.R. Hood, D. G. Capone (USC), E. Carpenter (Tiburon) et
al.)
“Understanding bio-physical coupling in the Atlantic using combined satellite
observations and ocean modeling”, NASA 10/1/02-10/1/04, $58,855 (with C.
Wilson (NOAA))
“Assessing the Impact and Variability of Coccolithophorid Blooms in the Ocean
Carbon Cycle”, NOAA 2/1/2005 – 1/31/2008, $258,530, HPL Component.
(With R. R. Hood, C. Brown (NOAA), R. Murtugudde (UMCP/ESSIC))
“An adaptive food web model for the epipelagic and mesopelagic”, NSF subcontract
through LSU 9/1/2006-9/1/2009, $95,614 (with R. Hood, E. Laws (LSU),
Kelvin Richards (UH))
“Relating microbial biodiversity to biological oceanographic processes”, NSF
1/1/2006 – 12/31/2008, $121,450 (HPL component) (With D. G. Capone
(USC), and J. D. Fuhrman (USC))
“Linking ASI to regional science and solutions for Chesapeake Bay”, NOAA
subcontract through ESSIC 2/1/2008-1/31/2009, $35,850 (sole investigator).
“Implementation of a mentoring program for junior women in physical
oceanography”, NSF 5/1/2007-4/30/2010, $129,450 (With S. Lozier (Duke)).
“Maryland Commission on Climate Change Science and Technical Working Group”,
Town Creek Foundation, 10/18/2007-10/31/2008, $20,000, (sole investigator).
“ROCA: River-Ocean Continuum of the Amazon”, Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation, 3/1/2010-8/1/2012, 438,435 (with P. Yager, A. Burd, R.
Hood, J. Richey, R. Hood, B. Crump, M.A. Moran, J. Paul, A. Krusche, P.
Medeiros)
“Collaborative Research: Amazon Influences on the Atlantic: Carbon Export
from Nitrogen Fixation by Diatom Symbiosis (ANACONDAS)”, NSF,
$446,727 (with P. Yager, R. Hood, E. Carpenter, D. Capone, W. Berelson,
D. Steinberg)
“High-Throughput Functional Gene Fitness Measurements for Microbial Models”,
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 4/1/2014-3/31/2016, $47,382 (with
M.A. Moran)
“Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserves: An Integrated System of
Sentinel Sites to Understand Baywide Climate Impacts for Stakeholders”,
NOAA CINAR, 11/03/2014-11/02/2016, 498,999 (with R. R. Hood)
D. Recent Seminars, Presentations, Posters and Websites
1. Invited Seminars and Papers
Coles, V.J. (2000) Pathways, transports, and interannual variability in Pacific
subtropical cells. FSU.
Coles, V. J. (2001) Tracer advection in the tropics. HPL.
Coles, V.J. and R. R. Hood (2001) Simulating hydrothermal vent larval transport in
ocean general circulation transport models. LARVE 2000. Ogden, Utah. (R.
Hood presented).
Coles, V. J. (March 2004) Nitrogen Fixation in the Atlantic: Who Cares?. ESSIC,
University of Maryland.
Coles, V. J. (April 2004) Modeling nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic, CBL.
Coles, V. J. (December 2004) Modeling nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic,
NOAA/PFEL.
Coles, V. J. (November 2005) Climate change and nitrogen fixation driven export in
the Atlantic, Duke University.
Coles, V. J. (February 2007) Climate Research: Cause and Effect, Appalachian
Laboratory.
Coles, V. J. (March 2008) MPOWIR, Earth Science Women’s Network Meeting,
Princeton.
Coles, V.J. (February 2008) Climate Change projections for Chesapeake bay: Oracle or
Debacle?, ODU.
Coles, V.J. (January 2009) Potential Effects of Climate Change on Eutrophication:
Delaware Coastal Bays
Coles, V.J. (February 2009) How do climate and biogeochemistry interact?
Appalachian Laboratory.
Coles, V.J. (February 2009) How do climate and biogeochemistry interact? Horn
Point Laboratory.
Coles, V.J. (February 2009) How do climate and biogeochemistry interact?
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.
Coles, V.J. (October 2009) Chesapeake Bay in the Anthropocene, Millersville
University
Coles, V.J. (2012) Understanding the climate-sensitive impact of large tropical rivers
on the oceanic carbon cycle, CMOP talk online.
Coles, V.J. (March 2013) Challenges for combining “omics” information and
biogeochemical models, Moore Foundation Meeting, Miami, FL.
Coles, V.J. (June 2013) Challenges for combining “omics” information and
biogeochemical models, CSIRO, Hobart Tasmania.
Coles, V.J. (June 2014) Ship to silicon: Exploring genomics and transcriptomics along
the Amazon River plume, Gordon Conference on Marine Microbiology, MA.
Coles, V.J. (Nov 2014) “The interplay of physics and biogeochemistry in the Amazon
River Plume”, NOAA EMC.
2. Contributed Papers and Posters
Coles, V. J. and M. M. Rienecker (2002) Salinity variability in the South Pacific
subtropics. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting , Honolulu.
Wilson C. and V. J. Coles (2002) Interpreting Satellite views of biophysical coupling
with subsurface TAO data in the tropical Pacific, Fall AGU Meeting, San
Francisco.
Coles, V.J., C. Wilson, R. Hood (2004) New Production Fuelled by Nitrogen Fixation,
AGU Ocean Science s Meeting, Portland.
Wilson, C., V.J. Coles (2004) Seasonal relationships between global subsurface
oceanic structure (MLD and thermocline) and satellite observations, AGU
Ocean Science s Meeting, Portland.
Coles, V.J., C. Wilson, R. Hood (2004) Nitrogen Fixation in the tropical North
Atlantic, Layered Ocean Model Meeting, Miami.
Hood, R. R., V. J. Coles, D. G. Capone (2004) Modeling the Impact of Iron and
Phosphorus Limitation on Trichodesmium Growth and Nitrogen Fixation in
the Atlantic Ocean, ASLO/TOS, Honolulu.
Coles, V. J., C. Wilson (2004) Tropical Atlantic Ecosystem Variability associated with
Nitrogen Fixation, CLIVAR Baltimore.
Coles, V. J. (2005) Modeling nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic : model physics, Layered
Ocean Model workshop, Miami FL.
Coles, V. J. (2005) The influence of E-P and Amazon Inflow on western tropical North
Atlantic Variability, CLIVAR Atlantic workshop, Miami, FL.
Coles, V. J. and R. R. Hood (2005) Atmospheric dust deposition variability and
Atlantic nitrogen fixation, ASLO Santiago.
Coles, V. J. (2005) A tangled web: Deconstructing STC pathways in space and time,
Venice.
Coles, V. J. (2005) Modeling nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic: Biogeochemistry and
climate, HPL.
Coles, V. J., R. R. Hood (2006) Atmospheric dust deposition variability and Atlantic
nitrogen fixation, Ocean Sciences, Honolulu.
Coles, V. J., (2006) Passive and active tracers in HYCOM, Layered Ocean Model
Meeting, Tallahassee, FL.
Coles, V. J., C. Brown, R. R. Hood (2008) Modeling Calcification in the North Atlantic,
Ocean Sciences, Orlando, FL.
Coles, V.J. (2009) Modeling Calcification in the North Atlantic, Ocean Carbon and
Biogeochemistry Meeting
Coles, V. J., C. Brown, R. R. Hood (2010) Modeling Calcification in the North Atlantic,
Ocean Sciences, Orlando, FL.
O’Neil, J.M. and V. J. Coles (2008) Nitrogen Fixation in Chesapeake Bay tributaries:
A seasonally important nitrogen term? Ocean Sciences, Orlando, FL.
Davies, A.R. and V. J. Coles (2008) An Analysis of the future climate over the
Chesapeake Bay watershed, Stormfest Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
Yoshikawa, C., V.J. Coles, R. R. Hood, N. Yoshida,The nitrogen fixation and N*
anomaly patterns in the Atlantic Ocean, Ocean Sciences, Portland, OR
Coles, V.J. (2010) The Amazon River and Plume Continuum: Comparison of very
different ecosystems with similar climatic forcing, IMBIZO II, Crete.
Coles, V.J. et al (2011) ANACONDAS: Amazon iNfluence on the Atlantic: CarbOn
export from Nitrogen fixation by DiAtom Symbioses, Ocean Carbon and
Biogeochemistry Meeting, WHOI
Hopkins, J, V. J. Coles, J. Goes (2011) Propagation and dissipation of the Amazon
River Plume, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Meeting, WHOI
Coles V.J. et al (2012) The role of the Amazon River Plume in structuring upper
ocean stratification, biochemistry, and biological communities in the western
tropical North Atlantic, Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City.
Hopkins, J, V. J. Coles, J. Goes (2012) Quantifying the propagation and dissipation of
the Amazon River Plume in the western Tropical North Atlantic, Ocean
Sciences, Salt Lake City.
Coles, V. J., R. Hood, M. Brooks, M. Stukel, B. Crump (2012) Modeling emergent
community structure and biogeochemical cycling in the Amazon River and
Plume, Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City.
Brooks, M., V. J. Coles, M. Stukel, R. R. Hood (2012) Modeling the Amazon River
plume, Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City.
Page, B. V. J. Coles, J. Goes, P. Yager (2012) Surface Measurements of p(CO2) in the
western tropical North Atlantic: Quantifying the influence of the Amazon
River plume on gas exchange, Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City.
Coles, V.J. (June 2013) Metagenomic modeling: Incorporating mixotrophy as an
emergent model property, HPL, Mixotrophy workshop.
Coles, V.J., M.R. Stuken, M.T. Brooks (July 2013) Biogeochemical and freshwater
impacts on the tropical and subtropical Atlantic due to Amazon River
variability, AMOC meeting Baltimore.
Coles, V.J. (Feb 2014) Ship to silicon: Exploring genomics and transcriptomics along
the Amazon River plume, Ocean Sciences meeting, Hawaii.
Coles, V.J. (July 2014) Ship to silicon: Exploring genomics and transcriptomics along
the Amazon River plume, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry meeting,
WHOI.
3. Web sites
Coles, V.J., A.G. Willey (2005) HPL Physical Oceanography website.
http://hpl.umces.edu/po/index.htm
Coles, V. J., A. G. Willey and R. R. Hood (2006) Oceanography at the University of
System of Maryland: http://ocean.umd.edu
Coles, V.J., A.G. Willey (2006) Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to
Increase Retention website, http://www.mpowir.org/
Coles, V.J. (2007) HPL research website, http://www.hpl.umces.edu/vcoles/
Coles, V.J. (2008) Maryland Commission on Climate Change Science and Technical
Working Group data server, http://hpl.umces.edu/vcoles/cbayclim.htm
F. Active Memberships in Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
The Oceanography Society
American Society of Limnologists and Oceanographers
IV.
TEACHING AND TRAINING
2002 - UMCES Graduate Faculty, Horn Point Laboratory
A. University System of Maryland Courses Taught
Course No.
Lectures
MEES 661
weeks
MEES 608K
weeks
MEES 661
weeks
MEES 661
weeks
MEES 661
weeks
MEES 661
weeks
MEES 661
weeks
MEES 661
weeks
Title
Institution
Semester
Enrolment
Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments UM/MEES
Credit Hrs.
Fall 2001
3
Co-Instructors
No
Coles/Boicourt 14
Climate Impacts on Estuaries and Ecosystems UM/MEES
Fall 2002
1
Coles/Li
Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments UM/MEES
Spring 2004
3
Coles/Boicourt 14
Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments UM/MEES
Spring 2006
3
Coles/Boicourt 14
Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments UM/MEES
Spring 2008
3
Coles/Boicourt 14
Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments UM/MEES
Spring 2010
3
Coles/Boicourt 14
Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments UM/MEES
Spring 2012
3
Coles/Boicourt 14
Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments UM/MEES
Spring 2014
3
Coles/Boicourt 14
B. Graduate Students Supervised as Major Advisor
1. Students Supervised (co-chair and lead advisor)
Maureen Brooks, UMCES/HPL
2. Graduate Student Committee Memberships
Sarah Cooley, University of Georgia (Past)
Margaret Sexton, UMCES/HPL (Past)
Apurva Dave, Duke University (Past)
Amanda Colton, UMCES/CBL (Past)
Lindy Fine, UMCES/HPL
Tim Wynne, UMCES/HPL
Jacqueline Tay, UMCES/HPL
Chris Paver, UMCES/HPL
3. REU students supervised (past)
14
Alexander Davies, Chesapeake Climate Impacts, 2007
Jordan Hill, Nutrient sampling, 2009 (Coles, Kelly, Codispoti, Glibert in prep)
Julia Hopkins, Amazon River Plume, 2011 (Coles et al, 2014)
4. Post-docs advised
Chisato Yoshikawa, Basin-scale biogeochemical modeling (Past) with R. R.
Hood.
Zhi-Ping Mei, ROCA (Past) with R. R. Hood
Michael Stukel, ANACONDAS (Past) with R. R. Hood
Kari Pohl, NOAA NERR climate analysis (2014-2016) with R. R. Hood
V. OUTREACH AND SERVICE
A. Journal and Proposal Reviews
Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Geophysical
Research Letters, Biogeosciences, Antarctic Science, Journal of Climate, Global
Change Biology, PLOS One, National Science Foundation, NASA, NOAA
B. Public Lectures
2001 Sandy Hill Elementary School
2002 Anne Arundel high school science teachers (ENSO cycles)
2004 Sandy Hill Elementary School
2004 HPL Open House
2005 Open House
2006 Open House
2007 Open House
2007 Adult Education Lecturer, Chesapeake College
2007 The Country School
2008 The Country School
2008 Climate for teachers
2009 The Country School
2009 Talbot Country Club
2009 The Garden Club of Talbot County
2010 Acidification Lecture for Harvard Club
2010 The Country School
2010 Acidification Lecture for Harvard Club
C. UMCES and Horn Point Laboratory
2002 UMCES convocation committee
2002 HPL Open House committee chair
2002-3 HPL Education Committee
2003 Physical Oceanography Facilitator for faculty retreat.
2004 Draft Physical Oceanography-Student recruiting website
2004 Spearheading with B. Boicourt integration of MEES 661 with METO 670 (Jim
Carton)
2004 Physical Oceanography presenter for External Review committee
2004 Chair Colloquium climate initiative workgroup and co-author of strategic plan
section
2004 Open House committee
2004 Education Committee
2005 Oceanography AOS student application reviewer
2005 Open House committee
2005 Education Committee
2005 Oceanography AOS student application reviewer
2006 Education Committee
2006 Oceanography AOS student application reviewer
2006 USM Oceanography website
2006 USM Oceanography colloquium (with R. Hood and M. Roman)
2007 HPL Seminar co-Chair
2008 Library Committee
2008 IES Committee
2009 Library Committee
2009 REU student reviewer
2009 IES Committee
2010 Library Committee
2010 Seminar Co-Chair
2010 Promotion Committee
2010 Retreat Planning Committee
2011 Spat Dash Committee
2011 Seminar Co-Chair
2011 IES Committee Chair
2011 UMCES Representative for NOAA Climate Proposal (UMich)
2011 Library Committee
2012 Library Committee
2013 IES Committee
2014 Education Committee
2014 MEES Accreditation committee WG 4
D. Local/National/International
2000 RIDGE 2000 workshop, Newport, OR.
2004 NASA MODIS proposal review panel
2004 Reviewer Layered Ocean Model white paper draft.
2004 MPOWIR mentoring physical oceanography women to increase retention.
2005 NASA Earth System Science Fellowship reviewer
2005 NOAA CLIVAR Review Panel
2006 MPOWIR steering committee – proposal submission – website.
2007 NASA Biogeochemistry Review Panel.
2007 MPOWIR steering committee – website.
2007 Member Science and Technical Working Group Maryland Commission on
Climate Change.
2008 NASA Decision Support Panel
2008 MPOWIR mentor group leader
2009 MPOWIR mentor group leader
2010 MPOWIR mentor group leader
2011 NPS Assateague Climate Impacts Assessment
2011 MPOWIR mentor group leader
2011 NASA Ecological Forecasting Panel.
2012 Co-Chaired 2 sessions on Work-Life Balance with S. Neuer, Ocean Sciences
2012 Chesapeake climate forum steering committee (MD Seagrant, DNR, CWP)
2013 MADE CLEAR climate science advisor. (MPT website, Teacher training)
2014 Elected physical oceanography secretary for American Geophysical Union
(2015-2017)
2015 MPOWIR mentor group leader