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EDUCATION Ph.D./M.S. Biological Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
B.A. Biology, Rhode Island College
B.A. Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic |
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POSITION Assistant Professor in Residence
University of Connecticut
Avery Point Campus, Groton, Connecticut |
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COSEE ROLE & AFFILIATION Participating scientist with COSEE-Ocean Systems |
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Participation with COSEE Network |
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WHAT I DO
I am a Biological Oceanographer interested in zooplankton ecology and life history evolution. I studied
with Dr. Ted Durbin at the University of Rhode Island, where as a student, I worked on the USGLOBEC project in the late 1990's.
My dissertation research however, concerned the quantitative genetics of diapause or dormancy in the calanoid copepod Acartia
hudsonica. It was that work that brought me to UCONN in 2002. As a post-doc in the lab of Dr. Hans G. Dam, I applied
some techniques of evolutionary ecology to the study of copepods and toxic algae.
I am currently Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of Marine Sciences, working with Dr. Dam on several projects
related to the evolution of toxin resistance in copepods. I have additional interests in how planktonic organisms cope with
life in a dynamic fluid environment, in zooplankton nutrition, and population biology.
Photos: Dr. Avery filming a Connecticut episode of the AquaKids television show. Photo credit: Margaret Van Patten, CT SeaGrant
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