Jan Newton
Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington
Bio
Dr. Jan Newton is a Principal Oceanographer with the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington and affiliate faculty with the UW School of Oceanography. A biological oceanographer (Ph.D. 1989), her research has focused on a systems view of marine ecosystems (estuarine, coastal, and oceanic), assessing human and climate forcing on the characteristics and productivity of these systems. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator of the Hood Canal Low Dissolved Oxygen Program Integrated Assessment and Modeling Study, a research study to cumulatively assess the impacts of human, watershed, ocean, and climate factors on dissolved oxygen in Hood Canal, Washington, which has been decreasing over the past decades. Jan is also the Executive Director for the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS), the Pacific Northwest regional association for the US component of the Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Improving ocean observing capability has long been an interest, due to the intractable nature of understanding processes in dynamic, fluid environments and the under-sampling of the marine environment in space and time.