William Wiley Evans IV's CV

Address

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University, 104 COAS Admin Bldg
Corvallis, OR 97331-5503

Education

Ph.D. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University (Oceanography). Thesis Advisor: Pete Strutton. In progress.

M.S. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University (Oceanography). Thesis Advisor: Pete Strutton. Thesis title: Impact of tropical instability waves on nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the equatorial Pacific. June 2006.

B.A. University of Hawaii-Hilo (Marine Science). Thesis Advisors: Paul Haberstroh and Karla McDermid. Thesis Title: Spring 2002-Spring 2003 Marine Monitoring Time Series: An investigation of subterranean fresh water input and their possible ecological effects on phytoplankton distributions within Hilo Bay. May 2003.

Awards

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, 2005-present.

Michelle Hayes Award for Best Senior Thesis Report, University of Hawaii at Hilo Marine Science Program, May 2003.

Tristan Joseph Dlugosz Memorial Award in recognition of excellemce in environmental science presentaion, Thirteenth Chemisty for Protection of the Environment Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, June 2002.

Publications

Evans, W.W., Strutton, P and F. Chavez. In preperation. Impact of tropical instability waves on nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research.

Strutton, P.G., Evans, W.W., and F.P. Chavez. Submitted. Equatorial Pacific biological and chemical variability, 1997-2003. Global Biogeochemical cycles.

Evans IV, W.W. 2004. A carbon budget for the California upwelling system.http://www.mbari.org/education/internship/04interns/04papers/2004_papers.html

Pennington, J.T., Friederich, C.G., Castro, C.G., Evans IV, W.W. and F.P. Chavez. In press. Carbon Budget for the Central California Coastal Upwelling System. Continental margins Task Team, The Synthesis Book, Chapter 2.2, California Current System. Springer-Verlag. New York.

Presentations

Ecological and chemical responses to tropical instability waves in the equatorial Pacific. Frontiers in Oceanography: OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Visiting Scholar Series. Febuary, 2007 (poster).

Phytoplankton variability observed for an equatorial Pacific mooring during fall 2005, College f Oceanic and Atmosheric Sciences Student Seminar Series, January 2007.

Bio-optical observations of carbon cycling in the equatorial Pacific. 2006 East Pacific Ocean Conference , Timberline Lodge Oregon, September 2006 (co-author).

Impact of tropical instability waves on nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the equatorial Pacific. Master's Defense, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, June 2006.

Ecological and chemical responses t tropical instability waves int he equatorial Pacific. 2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Conference, Honolulu Hawaii, Febuary 2006 (poster).

Spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll and nutrients in the equatorial Pacific from 1997 to the present. 2006 AGU Oean Sciences Conference, honolulu Hawaii, Febuary 2006 (poster, co-autor).

Chemical and ecological responses to tropical instability waves in the equatorial Pacific. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Student Seminar Series, Febuary 2006.

Research Experience

Processed underway pCO2 data collected during the COAST GOES-R 2006 Monterey Bay Experiment. August 2007.

Equipped the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Array service vessel CTD rosette with bio-optical instruments for quantifying fluorescence, beam attnuation and scattering variability. August 2005-present.

Deployed bio-optical instruments on TAO buoys to quantify fluorescence and scattering variability in the equatorial Pacific. August 2005-present.

Employed satellite-based microwave observations of SST to map TAO service cruises in order to quantify the impact of tropical instability waves on ship-collected nutrient and chlorophyll distributions. May 2003-June 2006.

Intern at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Adjusted primary productivity measurements for the MBARI Monterey Bay Time Series project, aided in the development of CO2 drifters and developed a carbon budget for the California upwelling system. May-August 2004.

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant for Dr. Mike Kosro, Coastal Oceanography, Oregon State University, January 2005-March 2005. Presented seven coastal biological oceanography leactures.

Teaching assistant for Dr. Peter G. Strutton, Coastal Oceanography, Stoney Brook University, January 2004-May 2004.

Experiance at Sea

Harmful algal bloom survey cruises aboard the Oregon State University R/V Elakha. March 2007.

Tropical Atmosphere and Ocean (TAO) buoy array servicing cruises aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration R/V Ka'imimoana, August-October 2005 and June-July 2003.

Monterey Bay Time Series Cruises aboard the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute R/V Pt. Lobos. July and August 2004.

Hypoxia Cruise aboard the State University of New York Stoney Brook R/V Seawolf. September 2003.

First Mate aboard the University of Hawaii-Hilo R/V Four Winds. January 2002-May 2003.