Susan Williams, Ph.D.

Education, Honors and Public Service

Education

BS, Biology, University of Michigan, 1972
MS, Biological Oceanography, University of Alaska, 1977
PhD, Botany and Marine Biology, University of Maryland, 1981

Honors

  • 2006 Elected Fellow, America Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 2003 Elected Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 Board of Editors (elected), Journal of Phycology
  • 2001 CALCOAST Coastal Achievement Award to SCCAT (Southern California Caulerpa Action Team) for management of Caulerpa taxifolia invasion in southern
    California
  • 2000 Aldo Leopold Fellow in Environmental Leadership, Ecological Society of America
  • 1997 Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
  • 1994 Associate Editor, Journal of Phycology
  • 1993 Outstanding Biology Faculty, San Diego State University
  • 1992 Elected, Board of Editors, Journal of Phycology
  • 1980 Fellow in Environmental Biology, Smithsonian Institution
  • 1977 Outstanding Student in Oceanography, University of Alaska

Selected Recent Public Service

  • 2007 Invited briefing, Pacific Legislative Task Force on Fisheries
  • 2001-2006 RASGAP (California Resources Agency Sea Grant Advisory Panel, appointed by the Secretary for Resources)
  • 2006 Invited briefing on invasive species, Ecological Society of America, National Press Club
  • 2005 Invited testimony, State Senate Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee on SB 768 (finfish aquaculture)
  • 2004 Invited testimony, U.S. Representative Woolsey, HR 1712 and S 880 to expand National Marine Sanctuaries boundaries
  • 2004 Ecological Society of America, Rapid Response Team on Invasive Species
  • 2004 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force's (ANSTF) Caulerpa Working Group for the "National Management Plan for Invasive Caulerpa species"
  • 2003 Invited testimony, California Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture (ocean research)
  • 2003 Invited testimony, City Council, Santa Rosa, CA (effects of ocean wastewater outfall)
  • 2002 Invited speaker, “Solutions Forum on Invasive Species”, National Academy of Sciences, sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and the Wildlife Federation.
  • 2002 Invited briefing, US House of Representatives Ocean Caucus, on Caulerpa invasion management
  • 2001 Invited testimony, California Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture on ocean observing
  • 2001-2005 CeNCOOS (Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System) Regional Association, Governance Committee and Executive Committee
  • 2001 California Caulerpa Advisory Committee
  • 2001-present   Russian River Salmon Recovery Workgroup
  • 2001 Invited briefing, Pacific Legislative Task Force on Fisheries
  • 2001 Invited testimony before California State Assembly Appropriations Committee on Caulerpa
  • 2001 Invited testimony before California Joint Panel on Fisheries and Aquaculture on invasive species
  • 2001 Invited briefing to congressional staff and agency heads on invasive species, DC, National Association of Marine Laboratories
  • 2001  Review Panel, FL Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monitoring Program, Key West
  • 2000-present  Southern California Caulerpa Action Team (SCCAT)

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