Jacqueline Tweddle's CV

Address

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

Education

Ph.D. National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton, UK, 2002-2007. NERC funded. Advisors: Dr. Jonathan Sharples and Prof. P Holligan. Thesis: Nutrient fluxes into the seasonal thermocline of the Celtic Sea.

M.Sc. Physical Oceanography, University of Wales, Bangor, UK, 2001-2002. NERC funded. Advisor: Prof John Simpson. Dissertation: Biophysical interations between phytoplankton, mussel beds and flow in the Menai Strait.

B.Sc.(Hons) Marine Biology, University of Stirling, 1997-2001. (1999-2000 spend on exchange at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.) Advisor: Dr Steven George. Dissertation: Validation of metallothionein measurements in bivalvue mussels.

Professional experience

Jan 2008– Current: Research Associate (Postdoc), College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. NOAA MERHAB and Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research funded project "Integrated HAB monitoring and event response for coastal Oregon".

April 2007– Jan 2008: Research Associate (Postdoc), College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative funded project "Optical tagging and tracking of water masses for prediction of human health hazards".

Awards and Honors

Selected to attend a Gordon Research Conference and associated Graduate Research Seminar, on Oceans and Human Health, New London, NH, June/July 2008

Invited jugde of student presentations at the 22nd Northwest Algal Symposium, April 2008.

NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) Travel Award to attend the 4th Annual Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S., October 2007.

Natural Environment Research Council Ph.D. Studentship, October 2002 - March 2006.

Natural Environment Research Council M.Sc. Studentship. September 2001 - September 2002.

Publications

Tweddle JF, P Strutton, et al. (In prep). Harmful algal blooms off the Oregon coast: Climatology and future monitoring.

Tweddle JF, J Sharples (In prep). Variations in Sea Surface Temperature and Chlorophyll over spring neap tidal cycles: A satellite survey of the Celtic Sea shelf break.

Tweddle JF, J Sharples, MR Palmer, et al. (In prep). Turbulent mixing and nutrient fluxes over a bank in the Celtic Sea.

Sharples J, JF Tweddle, M Green, MR Palmer, YN Kim, AE Hickman, PM Holligan, CM Moore, TP Rippeth, JH Simpson, V Krivtsov (2007). Spring-neap modulation of internal tide mixing and vertical nitrate fluxes at a shelf edge in summer. Limnol & Oceanog: 52(5):1735-1747.

Moore CM, DJ Suggett, AE Hickman, YN Kim, JF Tweddle J Sharples, RJ Geider & PM Holligan (2006). Phytoplankton photoacclimation and photoadaptation in response to environmental graddients in a shelf sea. Limnol & Oceanog: 51(2):936-949.

Tweddle JF, JH Simpson & CD Janzen (2005). Physical controls of food supply to benthis filter feeders in the Menai Strait, UK. Mar Ecol Prog Ser: 289: 79-88.

Presentations, meetings, workshops

Tweddle JF, P Strutton, MA Woods, D Foley, M Hunter, Z Forster & D Cannon (2008). The relationship between coastal ocean dynamics and shellfish closures: A satellite based study of Oregon HABs. 22nd North-West Algal Symposium, OIMB, Charleston, OR, USA. Poster presentation (presented and co-authored 1 other poster presentation)

Tweddle JF, P Strutton, MA Woods, D Foley, M Hunter, Z Forster & D Cannon (2008). The relationship between coastal ocean dynamics and shellfish closures: A satellite based study of Oregon HABs. Marine Plankton: From cells to ecosystems. A celebration of the scientific career of Professor Patrick M. Holligan, Plymouth, UK Poster presentation (co-author on 1 other poster presentation)

Tweddle JF, J Sharples, M. Palmer, P.M. Holligan (2008). Turbulence driven nitrate fluxes over submarine banks in the seasonally stratified Celtic Sea. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fl, USA. Oral presentation (co-author on 1 other oral presentation, and presented and co-authored 1 poster presentation).

Tweddle JF, J Sharples, P Holligan, et al. (2008). Turbulence driven nitrate fluxes into a shelf sea seasonal thermocline. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University. Invited speaker, Biogeochemical Seminar Series

Tweddle JF, P Strutton, D Foley, M Wood, D Cannon, M Hunter, Z Forster (2007). The relationship between coastal ocean dynamics and shellfish closures: A satellite based study of Oreagon HABs. 4th Symposium of Harmful Algae in the US, Woods Hole, Ma, USA.Poster presentation (co-author on 1 other poster presentation).

Strutton P, M Wood, JF Tweddle, D Foley, D Cannon (2007). Satellite prediction and tracking of harmful algal blooms. Coastal Zone '07 Conference, Portland, OR, USA. Co-author on oral presentation.

Tweddle JF, J Sharples, MR Palmer, M Green, PM Holligan (2006). Topographically induced patchy increases in chlorophyll concentration within the Celtic Sea during periods of stratification. Challenger Conference for Marine Science, Oban, UK. Oral presentation (co-author on 1 other oral presentation).

Tweddle JF, J Sharples, MR Palmer, PM Holligan & M Green (2006). Variation in sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration at the Celtic Sea shelf break. Coastal and Shelf Seas Conference, Bangor, UK. Oral presentation (co-author on 2 other oral presentations).

Internal Waves, Turbulence and Shelf Seas workshop (2005). Bangor , UK. Co-author on two oral presentations.

Tweddle JF, J Sharples & PM Holligan (2005). Nutrient fluxes and primary production at the Celtic Sea shelf edge. ASLO summer meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Poster presentation (co-author on 1 oral presentation).

Tweddle JF, P Holligan & J Sharples (2005). Biological and physical oceanographic characteristics of the Celtic Sea. M.Phil to Ph.D. upgrade evaluation. Oral presentation.

Tweddle JF, J Sharples & PM Holligan (2004). Modeling the effect of topography on primary production in shelf seas. Challenger Conference for Marine Science, Liverpool, UK. Poster presentation.

Tweddle JF & JH Simpson (2003). What controls food supply to benthic filter feeders in the Menai Strait, North Wales? Postgraduate Research in Marine Science meeting, Southampton, UK. Oral presentation.

Various oral and poster presentations through the course of a B.Sc. at the University of Stirling

Workshops and courses attended

2007. OSU Survival Skills for Instuctors New to Teaching.

2007. OSU Sea Safety Training Course at Newport.

2005. Internal Waves, Turbulence and Shelf Seas workshop, Bangor, UK.

2004. Environmental Mathematics and Statistics (EMS) 2 week course, funded by NERC. "Statistics for environmental evaluation".

2004. GradSchool 4 day course, funded by NERC. Provided training in organizational and time keeping skills, and personal and team development.

2003. UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency "Personal Survival at Sea" course.

2002. Univesity of Southampton team development and personal development courses.

2002. Southampton University "Effective teaching skills" course.

2001. CRAC 5 day "Insight into Management" course.

Experience at sea

2007 and 2008. PI on one through three day cruises for Harmful Algal Bloom work aboard the RV Elakha.

July-August 2005. Three weeks in the Celtic Sea aboard the RRS Charles Darwin.

July-August 2003. Three weeks in the Celtic Sea aboard the RRS James Clark Ross.

April 2002. Three days in the Menai Strait aboard the RV Prince Madog.

Many 1-3 day cruises and field courses, in Loch Creran, the Menai Straits, the Solent and Plymouth Sound.

Other skills
Reviews:

Reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Sea Research.

International collaboration:

Maintaining publication and other collaborations with colleagues at Proudman Oceanographic Labrotory, UK, University of Wales, Bangor, and National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK..

Affiliations:

Scottish Association for Marine Science (since 1997).

Challenger Society for Marine Science (since 2001).

Marine Biological Association of the UK (since 2003).

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (since 2005).

American Geophysical Union (since 2007).

Teaching:

Taught lectures, seminars and labs. Assisted in lecturing a level 4 "Introduction to Biological Oceanography" at Oregon State University.

Demonstrated (T.A.) to a variety of students, both undergraduate and masters level, on biological and physical oceanographic sampling methods and analysis.

Outreach:

2008. Organized a visit of 30 grade 5 Albany school children to the lab.

2004. Participated in the Researchers in Residence scheme, Perth Academy.