Shelley Brown

° Develop and direct educational programs focused on Block Island’s marine ecosystems, indigenous marine life and maritime history ° Maintain two touch tanks and an upweller with collected...

° Educate students in grades 4-12 and college about Hudson River ecology, water quality, geology, history and navigation using hands-on techniques while living and assisting in sailing dutie...

° Designed and executed experiments in collaboration with EPA scientists to elucidate the impact of hypoxia on sediment nitrogen cycling in coastal systems

° Thesis advisor: Dr. Bethany Jenkins ° Identified and followed active nitrogen fixing and denitrifying microbial communities in temperate coastal marine sediments

° Prepared lab materials, prepared and presented half hour lectures, supervised practical lab exercises, and was responsible for evaluation and grading of students ° Courses: Introductory...

° Search committee for the new Dean of the College of Environmental and Life Sciences

° Advisor: Dr. Paul Cohen ° Created different mutant strains of Escherichia coli and tested their growth in mouse intestinal colonization models