Raechel Waters

Curriculum Vitae

Associate Director

Washington Sea Grant
3716 Brooklyn Ave. N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105

206.543.8209,
Fax: 206.685.0380
rlwaters@u.washington.edu

Education

2003. Ph.D. Flinders University, Australia. Supervisor: Dr Jim Mitchell
Dissertation: Characterisation of microscale phytoplankton spatial structure.
1994. B.Sc. (Hons), 1st class in Marine Biology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK. Honours thesis: Observational phytoplankton ecology of Irish Sea summer flora.

Professional Experience

2006 – Associate Director, Washington Sea Grant., University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Provide leadership and management of Sea Grant education activities and competitive research awards. Contribute to innovative program of translating research findings into accessible knowledge for stakeholder groups. Assist in strategic planning and Sea Grant program development.
2006 – Lecturer, School of Oceanography, University of Washington., Seattle, WA. Co-teach the non-major freshman course, ‘The Changing Ocean’, 400 students.
2005 – 2006. Post-doctoral researcher, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Project: Project: Motile behavior of protistan plankton in East Sound, San Juan Islands.
2004 – 2005. French Ministry of Research Post-doctoral researcher, Station Marine de Wimereux, France. Project: Biologically-induced variability in seawater viscosity in the Southern Ocean. Position included 7 weeks at sea.
2002 – 2004. Program Manager, Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHC RED) Program, Department of General Practice, Flinders University, Adelaide. Coordinated education and outreach program for South Australian Health Care professionals.
1999 – 2004. Lecturer and Tutor, Globalisation program (Global Warming Case Study), Flinders University, Adelaide.
1996 – 2003. Lecturer, Tutor, Laboratory and Field Instructor, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Contributed to twelve courses in Marine Biology, Aquaculture, Environmental Biology, Conservation Biology & Biostatistics.
1996. Phytoplankton/Protozooplankton Biologist, Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, Australia. Six month position working on a field survey in an unmapped region of the Southern Ocean along the coast of East Antarctic. Position included 11 weeks at sea.
1995. Full-time Associate Lecturer, Marine Biology Program, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Contributed to the planning and deliver of Marine Program, lecture, laboratory and field courses.
1994. Research Assistant, Marine Biology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Project: Zooplankton dynamics of Boston Bay, South Australia

Grants and Awards

Australian Research Council (ARC). Sole PI: Three-dimensional mapping and biophysical coupling in the plankton microenvironment. 2006 (AUS$140,00), 2007 (AUS$85,000), 2008 (AUS$71,00)
Department of Health (South Aust.) Capacity Building support for indigenous researchers.
2004 (Aus$20,000)
Australian Antarctic Science Grant. Co-PI: Three-dimensional microscale distribution and production of plankton distributions. 2004, 2005, 2006 (AUS$11, 785 + in kind support for three expeditioners)
Australian Antarctic Science Grant. Co-PI: Impact of viscosity on the morphology and swimming behaviour of motile bacterioplankton, phytoplankton and protozooplankton. 2004, 2005 (AUS$8,253 + in kind support for three expeditioners)
Australian Post-graduate Award (full PhD tuition and stipend) 1996 - 2000
Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) Research Student Maintenance Award. 1996 (AUS$750), 1997 (AUS$2,700), 1998 (AUS$1,200), 2000 (AUS$2,524)
Ron Kenny poster prize, Australian Marine Science Association. 1998

Professional Activities

Focus the Nation (2007 – 2008), University of Washington, Steering Committee
Reviewer, Journal of Plankton Research.
Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Seymour JR, Seuront L, Doubell M, Waters RL, Mitchell JG (2006) Microscale patchiness of virioplankton. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 86: 551-561

Jones A, Burgess TA, Farmer EA, Fuller J, Stocks NP, Taylor JE, Waters RL (2003) Building research capacity: An exploratory model of GPs' training needs and barriers to research involvement. Australian Family Physician, 32(11): 955-958

Waters RL, Mitchell JG, Seymour J (2003) Geostatistical characterisation of centimetre-scale spatial structure of in vivo fluorescence. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 251: 49-58

Waters RL, Mitchell JG (2002). The centimetre-scale spatial structure of estuarine in vivo fluorescence profiles. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 237: 51-63

Seymour J, Mitchell JG, Waters RL, Pearson L (2000) Heterogeneity in bacterioplankton abundance from 4.5 millimetre resolution sampling. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 22: 143-153

Strutton PG, Griffiths FB, Waters RL, Wright SW, Bindoff NL (2000) Primary productivity off the coast of East Antarctica (80° E –150° E): January to March 1996. Deep-Sea Research II, 47: 2327-2362

Waters RL, van den Enden R, Marchant HJ (2000) Summer microbial ecology off East Antarctica (80-150ºE): Protistan community structure and bacterial abundance. Deep-Sea Research II, 47: 2401-2435.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

Seuront L, Mitchell JG, Seymour JR, Waters RL, Kesaulya I & Doubell M. Sampling and analyzing multiscale spatial structure in microorganisms spatial distribution (Invited, in prep.) In: Franklin R & Mills A (eds.) The spatial distribution of microorganisms in terrestrial systems: implications for the distribution of function in ecosystems. Kluwer, New York.

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
(Presenting author underlined)

Waters R, Weston K, Farmer E (2003) Linking Primary Health Care researchers in South Australia: A network strategy, SARNet. PHCRED-SA Conference 2003 Proceedings. RED Snapshots, Issue 2. PHCRED State Collaboration South Australia. http://www.phcred-sa.org.au/REDSnapshots.htm

Farmer E, Waters R, Weston K (2003) Research Networks: Enhancing change in Australia primary health care. PHCRED-SA Conference 2003 Proceedings. RED Snapshots, Issue 2. PHCRED State Collaboration South Australia. http://www.phcred-sa.org.au/REDSnapshots.htm

Other Media

Griffths M (ed.) (2005) Encyclopaedia of International Relations and Global Politics. Routledge, London: Invited entries on the topics of “The Kyoto Protocol”, “CFCs” and “Desertification”.

Havenhand JN, Matsumoto GI, Waters RL. A Guide to the Shores of South Australia: Handbook & CD-Rom, in press.

Pilotto L, McIntyre E, Waters R (2003) Funding essential in building primary care research culture. Australian Doctor, October 30.