Susan Weiler's Biography/Research
Sue Weiler (middle) in October, 1997 at the Bermuda Biological Station
for Research with DIALOG II symposium participants. Shown in foreground
are Antje Boetius (Germany), Sue, and Maarten Boersma (Germany). |
Susan Weiler was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and
grew up in Fairbanks and Anchorage, Arlington, Virginia, Spokane, Washington,
and Phoenix, Arizona.
She earned her B.A., with High Honors in biology, from the University
of California at San Diego and participated in the University of California's
Junior Year Abroad Program at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. After
spending a year as a graduate student at the University of Michigan's
School of Natural Resources, gaining experience with freshwater ecosystems
and wildlife management, she returned to the University of California
at San Diego to obtain her Ph.D. in oceanography from the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography. Susan spent three years abroad, conducting postdoctoral
research at the University of British Columbia (Canada), the University
of St. Andrews (Scotland), and the University of Oslo (Norway).
Currently most of her time is spent as Director of the Dissertations
Initiative for the advancement of Limnology and Oceanography Program.
(DIALOG).
Sue has recently organized a similar program, DISCCRS,
to bring together the humanities, social and natural sciences around the
theme of climate change.
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In addition to her work with recent Ph.D. recipients through the DIALOG
and DISCCRS initiatives, Sue has established a webpage, MAS,
and other electronic resources to increase the participation of minority
undergraduate and graduate students in the aquatic sciences.
Sue recently received funding through the National Science Foundation's
Biocomplexity initiative to organize a workshop to brainstorm about ways
to meet the needs of interdisciplinary Ph.D. graduates. She has submitted
a proposal to continue the DISCCRS initiative using the recommendations
from the workshop.
While Sue's work focuses on the needs of recent Ph.D. recipients, she
involves undergraduates as much as possible and several have participated
in past symposia both as undergraduate students and as Ph.D. participants.
Whitman students are encouraged to visit Dr. Weiler if they are interested
in any of these initiatives. She is also a reource for students and faculty
interested in minority issues.
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Susan met her husband, Paul Yancey, while they were graduate students at Scripps. She and Paul came to Walla Walla in 1981
when Paul joined Whitman as an Assistant Professor. In 1981, Susan was appointed as a Research Associate in Biology at
Whitman. In 1987-88 she served as a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs, where
she had responsibility for setting up the US Antarctic Program's polar network for monitoring ultraviolet radiation and for
handling a special research program dealing with the biological consequences of the Antarctic ozone hole. Her interest in this
area continues. She served as the Executive Director for the American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography (ASLO) from 1990-1999, a position which was handled through her Whitman College appointment.
While Susan's Research Associate position does not involve teaching, her door is always open to students. Through her professional society work
and research connections, she has been able to arrange for Whitman students to participate in several research cruises and other
aquatic science activities. She also provides information on summer courses and off-campus research opportunities, and graduate
school programs.
Susan and Paul have one child. In addition to parenthood and family life,
she enjoys traveling, hiking, cross-country skiing, quilting, and the hammer
dulcimer, which she plays very poorly.
SELECTED PAPERS
* Weiler, C.S. 1978. Phased cell division in the dinoflagellate genus Ceratium:
Temporal pattern, use in determining growth rates, and ecological implications.
Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego. 126 pp.
* Weiler, C.S. and R.W. Eppley. 1979. Temporal pattern of division in the dinoflagellate
genus Ceratium and its application to the determination of growth rate. J. exp.
mar. Biol. Ecol. 39:1-24.
* Eppley, R.W. and C.S. Weiler. 1979. The dominance of nanoplankton as an indicator
of marine pollution: A critique. Oceanologica Acta 2:241-245.
* Weiler, C.S. and D.M. Karl. 1979. Diurnal changes in phased-dividing cultures
of the marine dinoflagellate Ceratium furca: Nucleotide triphosphates, adenylate
energy charge, cell carbon, and patterns of vertical migration. J. Phycology
315:384-391.
* Weiler, C.S, 1980. Population structure and in situ division rates of Ceratium
in oligotrophic waters of the North Pacific central gyre. Limnol. Oceanogr.
25:610-619.
* Adams, K.J., C.S. Weiler, and L.N. Edmunds Jr., 1984. Photoperiodic control
of cell division in Euglena and Ceratium. Pages 395-430 in, L.N. Edmunds Jr.
(ed.), CELL CYCLE CLOCKS. M. Dekker, Inc. 616 pp.
* Booth, C.R., C.S. Weiler and P.A. Penhale. 1988. Collection and distribution
of data from the United States Antarctic Program's UV monitoring network. Pp.
23-24 in, Workshop on Ultraviolet Radiation and Biological Research in Antarctica
(C.S. Weiler, ed.). National Science Foundation, 28 pp.
* L.B. Quetin, R.M. Ross, W. Detrich, W. Fraser, R. Moe, B. Obst and S. Weiler.
1988. Description of the Biological Research Program in the vicinity of Palmer
Station, Antarctica and possible impacts on the program from activities in the
area to serve as a basis for the development of a provisional research/management
plan for the Palmer area. Workshop Report, Marine Mammal Commission. 67 pp.
* Weiler, C.S., W.M. Balch, S.W. Chisholm, J.J. Cullen, W.G. Harrison, P.A.
Matrai, J.J. McCarthy, J.R. Nelson, M.J. Perry, D.G. Radalje, J.H. Sharp and
M.M. Sinclair. 1990. Richard W. Eppley's contributions to phytoplankton physiology
and biological oceanography. Oceanography 3(2):42-46.
* Weiler, C.S. 1992. Effects of ozone-related increases in UV-B radiation on
marine phytoplankton. Pp. 16 - 21 in, Global Change Research: Ozone Depletion
and its Impacts, Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation,
United States Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office No. 54-831cc, 88 pp.
* Booth, C.R., T.B. Lucas, J. Morrow, C.S. Weiler and P.A. Penhale. 1994. The
United States National Science Foundation's polar network for monitoring ultraviolet
radiation. Pp. 17-38 in (C.S. Weiler and P.A. Penhale, eds.), Ultraviolet Radiation
in Antarctica: Measurements and Biological Effects. American Geophysical Union
Antarctic Research Series Vol. 62.
* Weiler, C.S. and P.A. Penhale (editors), 1994. Ultraviolet Radiation in Antarctica:
Measurements and Biological Effects. American Geophysical Union Antarctic Research
Series Vol. 62, 257 pp.
* Karentz, D., M.L. Bothwell, R.B. Coffn, A. Hanson, G.J. Herndl, S.S. Kilham,
M.P. Lesser, M. Lindell, R.E. Moeller, D.P. Morris, P.J. Neale, R.W. Sanders,
C.S. Weiler and R.G. Wetzel. 1994. Impact of UVB radiation on pelagic freshwater
ecosystems: Report of Working Group on Bacteria and Phytoplankton. Arch. Hydrobiol.
43:31-69.
* Weiler, C.S. 1995. Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology
and Oceanography (DIALOG): 1994 Program Summary. ASLO Bulletin 4(1):6-10.
* Weiler, C.S. 1995. Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology
and Oceanography (DIALOG): June 1, 1992 - September 1, 1994 Ph.D. Dissertation
Abstracts. 88 pp.
* Weiler, C.S. 1997. DIALOG II: Dissertation initiative for the Advancement
of Limnology and Oceanography: DIALOG II Program Report. ASLO Bulletin 6(2):10-14.
* Weiler, C.S. 1998. Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology
and Oceanography DIALOG II: Abstracts of Ph.D. dissertations completed between
September 1, 1994 - March 31, 1997. 112 pp.
* Weiler, C.S. 1999. DIALOG III: Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement
of Limnology and Oceanography. Abstracts of Ph.D. dissertations completed between
April 1, 1997 and March 31, 1999. 166 pp.
* Weiler, C.S. 2000. Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology
and Oceanography: DIALOG III Program report. ASLO Bulletin 9(2)
* Weiler, C.S., S.E. Beaulieu and other DIALOG III participants. 2000. Perspectives
on graduate education experiences in aquatic science. ASLO Bulletin 9(2).