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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Lab Members
Dr. Stace Beaulieu
Cirriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. in Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO),
    University of California, San Diego (UCSD). September 1998.
  • M.S. in Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. June 1992
  • B.S. in Biological Sciences, with honors, Stanford University. June 1992.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  • August 2003-Present, Research Specialist, Biology Department, WHOI.

  • June 2001 - July 2003, Visiting Investigator with Dr. H. Singh, Deep Submergences Labratory, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Dept. (AOPE), WHOI.

  • May 2000 - May 2001, Postdoctoral Investigator sponsored by Dr. D. McGillicuddy and J. Trowbridge, AOPE, WHOI.

  • November 1998 - May 2000 Postdoctoral Scholarship sponsored by Dr. J. Trowbrdige, AOPE, and Dr. L. Mullineaux, Biology Department, WHOI.

  • August 1997 - June 1998, Sea Grant Traineeship with Dr. M. Mullin, Marine Life Research Group, SIO

  • September 1992 - August 1998, Dissertation research with Dr. K. Smith Jr., Marine Biology Research Division (MBRD), SIO. Dissertation titled " The ecology of glass sponge 'communities' in the abyssal NE Pacific."

  • September 1991 - May 1992 Honors Thesis with Dr. J. Koseff and Dr. S. Monismith, Enviromental Fluid Mechanics Labratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University. Honors thesis titled "Quantitative measurement of the concentration fields above a bed of model bivalves."

  • March 1991 - June 1991 Undergraduate research with Dr. B. Robinson, Monterey Bar Aquarium Research Institute, and Dr. C. Baxter, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University.

    RECENT SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
    May 2004 New England COSEE Ocean Science Education Institute: presentation on hydrothermal vent biology.
    November 2002 Fisheries and Benthic Habitats Symposium: "Analyzing time-lapse photographs of the sea floor for changes in benthic community activity."
    April 2001 TOS Meeting: "Real-time, long-term ecological studies in the deep ocean."
    February 2001 ASLO Meeting: "Resuspension of organic matter and associated metals from coastal sediments.”
    January 2001 OHP/ION International Meeting in Japan: "Food limitation in the deep sea: a test of a paradigm using a long time-series photographic monitoring system with real-time data acquisition."
    January 2000M ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting: “Resuspension of phytodetritus in laboratory flume flow.” Abstract published in Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 80(49): OS185.
    January 2000 Keynote speaker at Ocean Studies Board Symposium on Seafloor Observatories: "A vision for future research of oceanic ecosystems and carbon cycling using seafloor observatories."

    RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    July 2003 Guest instructor for Sea Education Association summer program for middle and high school teachers.
    September 2002 - November 2002 Co-instructor and coordinator for WHOI Topics Course titled "Marine Invertebrates of Cape Cod " (graduate course).
    January 2001 - May 2002 Science Fair Mentor at Falmouth High School.
    February 2000 - May 2000 Co-instructor for WHOI Topics Course titled "Benthic organisms in flow" (graduate course).
    January 1999 - May 1999 Adjunct faculty member at Boston College, Newton, MA. Lecturer for GE160/161: Oceanography II. Spring semester, undergraduate course (included laboratory).
    January 1998 - May 1998 Part-time faculty member at University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. Instructor for MARS 268: Marine Ecology. Spring semester, graduate course.

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
    1999 ASLO DIALOG III Symposium Participant.
    January 1992 - September 1995National Defense Science and Engineering Grant (DoD) Fellowship.
    1988 National Merit Scholar, awards from Westinghouse Science Talent Search and International Science Fair.

    MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITEE INVOLVEMENT

    • January 2004 ORION Workshop participant (Macroecology Working Group).

    • August 2002 Speaker and participant at Scientific Cabled Observatories for Time Series (SCOTS) meeting.

    • February 2000 White paper contribution to the OCTET and EDOCC carbon cycle research initiatives titled "Importance of benthic-pelagic coupling in the ocean carbon cycle. "

    • September 1999 - Present WHOI/AAUS certified diver.

    • September 1999 NEPTUNE Working Group for Deep-Sea Ecology.

    • 1999 - Present Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU).

    • 1994 - Present Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).

    PUBLIC SERVICE INVOLVEMENT

    • 2002 Volunteer at Falmouth Animal Shelter.
    • 1999 - 2002 Judge for Falmouth public school science fairs
    • 1995 - 1998 Pacific Crest Trail Association. Trail worker for the U.S. Forest Service.


    RESEARCH CRUISE SUMMARY

    • 1990 - 2004: Participant on 21 open-ocean research cruises (325 days at sea), experience with using ROV Jason II,Ventana, and 9 Alvin dives.



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