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Curriculum Vitae
Erika E. McPhee-Shaw
Associate Professor
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
San Jose State University
Moss Landing, CA 95039
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Citizenship: USA
Education
B.A. (Physics) Dartmouth College, 1992
Dartmouth Russian program at Leningrad State University in Saint Petersburg, 1990
Ph.D. (Oceanography) University of Washington, August 2000
Dissertation title: Internal -Wave Mixing along Sloping Boundaries: a Mechan ism for
Generating Intermediate Nepheloid Layers. Ph. D. advisor (s): Arthur Nowell, Eric Kunze
Professional Experience
2004Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San
JoseState University.
2004 National Research Council Fellow, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
20002004Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California Santa Barbara
.
2002 -
Instructor, Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara
19932000Graduate Research Assistant. School of Oceanography, University of
Washington.
19961999Teaching Assistant. University of Washington
.
19971998 (Summers) Instructor - University of Washington Extension Program s Middle
School
Academy.
19921993Field Technician, National Water Quality Assessment Project, U.S. Geological
Survey,
Tacoma, WA.
19911992Stream Surveyor for U. S. Forest Service, Naches, WA.
19891991Theater set builder and sound technician, Hopkins Arts Center, Dartmouth
Colle ge.
Graduate and Post Doctoral Advisors
Ph.D. Advisor: Arthur Nowell, School of Oceanography, University of Washington.
(Committee members: Eric Kunze, Dick Sternberg, Robert Breidenthal, (Aeronautical
Engineering))
Postdoctoral Advisors: David Siegel, Libe Washburn, Sally MacIntyre, UC Santa Barbara
Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Advised:
Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Olivia Cheriton. MS students advised: Diane Wyse, Michele
Baker, Shandy
Buckley, Ashley Booth, Tanya Novak, Katherine Morrice, Meli nda Nakagawa, Dustin Carroll,
Francois
Cazenave., Thesis committee: (MLML) Amy Byington, Amber Szoboszlai, Max Overstrum-
Coleman,
Tanya Graham, Charles Endris, Michael Fox, Emily Golson, Elizabeth Keddy, Arley Muth,
Tess
Douglas, Eric Nivens, Ben Perlman, Jeremiah Brower. Alicia Washkevich (NPS). Matt Gough
(SFSU).
Courses Taught
Seafarers: A Century of Seagoing Oceanographic Expeditions graduate seminar, (MS285-
Moss
Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML))
Physical Oceanography (MS142, MLML). a graduate/advanced undergraduate level
introductory
survey of physical oceanography.
Quantitative Marine Sciences (MS104, MLML) Applied calculus and statistical
techniques.
Physiology and Fluid Mechanics (MS 274, MLML). Upper -division graduate course on the
mechanics
of swimming and flying. Co-taught with physiologist Lara Ferry.
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Population Dynamics and Interpretation of Biological and Geophysical Records (MS 274a
MLML)
upper-level graduate course on population dynamics and time series analysis.
Ocean Mixing and Circulation (MS 261 MLML). Upper -division graduate course on physical
oceanographic dynamics, mixing, estuarine dynamics, and sediment transport.
Coastal Dynamics (MS 281 MLML) upper division graduate course on physical
oceanography and
geological processes of coastal margins.
Data Analysis Techniques in Oceanography (MS 263 MLML) upper division graduate level,
introductory programming and oceanographic data analysis techniques.
Time Series Analysis (MS 285b MLML). Upper division graduate seminar on spectral
analysis, EOFs.
Large Marine Ecosystems (MS 285a MLML). (Co -taught) Graduate seminar on the science
and policy
of new federal marine management strategies focused on ecosystem assessment.
Applied Methods (Geography 210, University of California Santa Barbara) - graduate
level applied
calculus and mathematical methods in physical and biological sciences (required for UCSB
Geography Department Ph.D. and M.S. students).
University Service and Oceanographic Community Activities:
Chair, MLML Curriculum Committee long-term curriculum planning, setting the course
calendar each
semester, leading MLML through SJSU program accreditation.
Elected to Governing Council of CeNCOOS (the Central and Northern California Coastal
Ocean
Observing System). 2010-present.
Steering Committee, Gordon Research Conference 2013 on Coastal Ocean Circulation.
Session convenor: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Connections Between Coastal Zones
AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences meeting February 2012.
Session convenor: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Connections between Coastal Zones
(T he Inner,
Middle, Outer Shelf and Continental Slope) w/ Melanie Fewings, E astern Pacific Ocean
Conference September, 2011.
Session Convenor: The Role of Boundaries in Ocean Mixing at AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences
meeting
February 2010.
National Science Foundation Physical Oceanography panel, May 2011.
Center for Ocean Solutions Working Group on Coastal Hypoxia. 2011 -present.
Physical oceanography representative on the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary s
Research
Activity Panel. 2006- present.
Invited Speaker, IAPSO/SCOR (International Association for the Physic al Sciences of the
Oceans/
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research ) Conference on Ocean Mixing. Victoria, BC.
October
2004.
Peer reviewer: Deep-Sea Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, Limnology and
Oceanography,
National Science Foundation, Journal of Marine Research, Sea Grant, Continental Shelf
Research,
Journal of Physical Oceanography, Geophysical Research Letters. 1996 - present.
Professional Societies: American Geophysical Union, T he Oceanography Society, American
Society of
Limnology and Oceanography
Biographical sketch included in Oceanography issue featuring women in oceanography, Vol.
18. March
2005.
Outreach and Media:
Oceanographer/Limnologist on Discovery Channel science special The Loch Ness Monster
Revealed
with host Philippe Cousteau. Inverness, Scotland, July 2008.
Guest marine scientist on KUSP radio (Santa Cruz NPR) Talk of the Bay, an hour -long,
live talk show
on central California regional issues. January 2008.
Spoke about climate change and sea level rise to California State legislative staff,
spring 2010.
Invited Panelist. Dartmouth Alumni Symposium: Celebrating 35 years of Co -Education. May
2008.
Guest speaker at local high schools and community colleges: Ha rtnell Community College,
Salinas, CA,
North County High School, Castroville, CA, Notre Dame High School, Salinas, CA, Career
days
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speaker at
Harden Middle School, Salinas, CA.
Science judge at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, Spring 2006, and at Central
California s regional
Otter Bowl, 2004, 2007. (High school knowledge bowls focused on ocean sciences).
Scientific advisory panel member for the Online Workshop on Science Content Standards for
Ocean
Literacy, sponsored by National Geographic and NOAA, October 2005.
Taught intensive summer Oceanography courses to students in grades 6 through 9,
University of
Washington Extension Program. 1997, 1998, Volunteer tutor at Roosevelt High School,
Seattle, WA.
th th1994-1996. Co-led a 5 /6 grad class project through the Kids do Ecology program with
UCSB/NCEAS (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis) scientists and Santa
Barbara
junior high schools. Spring, 2002.
Funded Grants
Collaborative Research: Benthic Exchange Events and Near -Boundary Mixing on the
Continental Shelf.
National Science Foundation . $489,328. 03/01/10 03/01/13 (Lead PI McPhee-Shaw, MLML.
Co-PIs T, Stanton and W. J. Shaw, US Naval Postgraduate School, J. Bellingham, Monterey
Bay
Aquarium Research Institute. Grant total $1,445,581)
Collaborative Research: The Role of Canyons in Boundary Mixing and Exchange with the
Ocean Interior .
National Science Foundation, $186,094 08/01/07 - 07/31/10 (Lead PI James Girton, UW
Applied
Physics Laboratory, grant total $618,867).
CeNCOOS: Long-term Monitoring of Environmental Conditions in Support of Marine Area
Management
in Central and Northern California. NOAA. $53,750, year 1 (years 2-5 pending) (Lead PI
McPhee-
Shaw, coPIs: J. Smith and K. Coale, MLML).
Technology Transfer: Monitoring & Ma intenance of the Land/Ocean Biogeochemical
Observatory
(LOBO) System Buoys. $144,381. Elkhorn Slough Foundation, via Packard Foundation. Lead PI
Ken Johnson, MBARI)
A Regional System for Observations and Decisions in Central and Northern California Bays
an d Coastal
Waters (CENCOOS Bays). $45,000. 10/01/07 09/30/-09. NOAA. (Lead-PI John Largier, UC
Davis).
CENCOOS: Long-term monitoring of environmental conditions in support of protected marine
area
management. $127,929 for 8/31/08 7/31/09, $75,000 8/1/09 7/31/10. Monterey Bay
Aquarium
Research Institute / NOAA. Lead PI Steve Ramp, MBARI, MLML lead-PI K. Coale.
Connectivity of West Coast Sanctuaries: Tracking Sooty Shearwaters throughout Dynamic
Upwelling
Ecosystems in the California Current System. co PIs J. Harvey, J. Adams, and E. McPhee -
Shaw.
California Sea Grant, $315,284 03/01/07 - 02/28/10
Center for Integrative Coastal Observation, Research and Education (CICORE). NOAA. Co-
PI. Lead PI
K. Coale, MLML.
SCCOOS (Southern California Coastal Oceans O bserving System): Shelf to Shoreline
Observatory
Development. Co PIs: G. Chang, E. McPhee -Shaw, and T. Dickey. NOAA. Three year grant for
mooring, $357,670, 6/1/2004-6/30/2007
*Community grant writing Co-author of grant proposal to State Department of Ed ucation
for startup
funds for Bay View Academy (a public charter elementary school in Monterey, CA, founded
2011).
$375,000
Seagoing Field Programs:
Continental shelf near Monterey CA. Multiple -institution project (MLML, Naval
Postgraduate School,
MBARI) including three field campaigns and deployments of benthic turbulence flux frame,
bottom
frame w/ ADCP and ADV, thermistor mooring, profiling mooring, and long -range AUV with
development of turbulence sensors. (Lead PI and chief scientist on 6 deployment/recovery
cruises
on the UNOLS ship R/V Point Sur)
Monterey Bay Submarine Canyon. August October 2008. Chief scientist on two-week-long
R/V Point
Sur cruise, 24-hour operations alternating CTD/Lowered ADCP profiling with microstructure
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turbulence profiling (Dr. Eric Kunze, U. Victoria). Dual-ship operations with R/V Martin,
with Dr.
James Girton, U. Washington. Deep mooring deployed for three months. Investigating
transfer of
internal wave energy through canyon, bottom boundary layer mixing and boundary la yer
detachment
and boundary-interior exchange for NSF-funded project, the Role of Canyons in Boundary
Mixing
and Exchange with the Ocean Interior.
Other Central CA Coast work. 2005 present. CTD survey cruises for research and
teaching. Elkhorn
Slough and Monterey Bay inner shelf: Deployed two unique inner -shelf (20-m depth)
moorings just
offshore of the Moss Landing Harbor entrance with Dr. Ken Johnson (MBARI) and graduate
student
Tanya Novak (http://www.mbari.org/lobo/L20-2.htm). Carmel Bay mooring maintenance and
collaboration with U Hawaii, Stanford, and UC Santa Cruz researchers including ADCP and
thermistors- moorings, towed vehicle hydrographic surveys.
Previous work: Santa Barbara Channel, Mo no Lake and Lake Tahoe, Northeast Pacific off
northern
California and Oregon, Norwegian Sea and Svalbard Archipelago. Ships: R/V Point Sur, R/V
Wecoma, R/V Melville, R/V T.G. Thompson, R/V Hakon Mosby.
Publications
Fall
meeting, San Francisco, December 2008.
McPhee-Shaw, Boundary-interior interactions Invited, IAPSCO/SCOR Ocean Mixing
Conference.
Victoria, BC, October, 2004.
McPhee-Shaw, Internal waves over continental slopes: Implications for the suspension and
transport of
sediment. Invited, American Geophysical Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2002.
Institutional Seminars and Guest Lectures (past three years)
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, University of California Santa Barbara, Stanford
University
Environmental Fluid Mechanics Symposium, University of California Davis Bodega Marine
Laboratories. University of California Santa Cruz, Oceanography Department, San Francisco
State
University Tiburon Laboratories, California State University Monterey Bay, San Jose State
Meteorology Department,
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