Jerilyn Jewett-Smith, Ph.D.                          

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East Stroudsburg University
200 Prospect Street                                                                                 phone:  (570) 422-3868
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301                                                     email: jjsmith@po-box.esu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Biology University of Texas at Austin (1989) Dissertation Research: The seagrass and its epiphytic diatoms: a field and laboratory investigation.  Supervisor: Calvin McMillan
M.S.  Botany
University of South Florida, Tampa (1983) Thesis Research: Algal Flora of an Acid Marsh in West-Central Florida.  Supervisor: Clinton Dawes
B.A. Biology
University of South Florida, Tampa (1977) Undergraduate Research:  Energetic allocation in the starfish Luidia clathrata between feeding and reproductive needs. Supervisors:  John Lawrence,  Paula Dehn

 

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001 Ð Present
East Stroudsburg University
Associate Professor and
Director of Environmental Studies 
East Stroudsburg, PA
Summer 2003, 2005 Instructor: Tropical Ecosystems 
El Zota Biological Station
 DANTA, Limon Province
Costa Rica
1999 Ð 2001  
Assistant Professor of
Plant Ecology 		Ramapo College of NJ
Mahwah, NJ
Summers:   1999, 2001, 2002
Assistant Professor of Marine Botany Wallops Island
Marine Science Consortium, VA
1995 - 1998 Assistant Professor of Biology Texas A & M International Univ.
 Laredo, TX
1992 - 1995
Assistant Professor of Biology University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida
1991-1992 
Postdoctoral Fellow
in Marine Botany/Biotechnology		 U.N.C. Wilmington
Center for Marine Science Research
Wilmington, NC
Fall 1990 Post Doctoral Fellow and
Instructor in Biology   
Texas A & M at Galveston
Dept. Marine Biology
Galveston, Texas
Spring 1990 Visiting Professor of Biology  
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA

PUBLICATIONS 

Wardle, W., Minello, T.J., Webb, J.W.,  Wu, T., and Jewett-Smith, J.  2001. Algal Pigments, Meiofauna, And Macrofauna From Two Edaphic  Salt Marsh Microhabitats In Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. WETLANDS, Vol. 21, No. 4, December 2001, pp. 474Ð483 

Bird, K.T., Johnson, J.R. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1998.   In Vitro Culture of the seagrass Halophila decipiens. Aquatic Botany 60: 377 - 387.

Jewett-Smith, J., Kenworthy, J., McMillan, C. and Bird, K. 1997. Flowering and genetic banding patterns of Halophila johnsonii and conspecifics.  Aquatic Botany 59: 323-331.

Bird, K.T., .Jewett-Smith, J.  1994.   Development of a medium and culture system for in vitro propagation of the seagrass Halophila engelmannii.   Canadian Journal of Botany 72:1503-1510.

Bird, K.T., Jewett-Smith, J. and Fonseca, M.S. 1994.  Use of in vitro Propagated Ruppia maritima for Seagrass Meadow Restoration.  Jour. Coastal Research 10: 732-737.

Bird, K.T., Cody, B.R., Jewett-Smith, J. and Kane, M.E. 1993.  Salinity effects on Ruppia maritima  L. cultured in Vitro.  Botanica Marina 36:23-28.

Jewett-Smith, J. 1991.  Factors influencing the standing crop of diatom epiphytes of the seagrass Halodule wrightii  Aschers. in Southern Texas Estuaries.  Contributions in Marine Science, 52:27-40

Jewett-Smith, J. and McMillan, C. 1990.  Germination and seedling development of Halophila engelmannii  Aschers. (Hydrocharitaceae) under axenic conditions.   Aquatic Botany, 36: 167-177.

Jewett-Smith, J. 1989.  The seagrass and its epiphytic diatoms: a field and laboratory investigation.  Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin. 188 pp.

Dawes, C.J. and Jewett-Smith, Jerilyn. 1985.  Algal Flora of an Acid Marsh in West-Central Florida.  Trans. Am. Micro. Soc. 104 (2):188-193

Dawes, C.J., Chen, C.P. , Jewett-Smith, J., Marsh, A. and Watts, S.A. 1984.  Effect of phosphate and ammonium levels on photosynthetic and respiratory responses of the red alga Gracilaria verrucosa.  Marine Biology 78:325-328.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS)  National Meetings

Oravitz, S.F., Wielenga, M.H., Bodolus, D.A. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2005.  Temporal sestonic diatom abundance and biodiversity in Chincoteague Bay, VA.  Poster presented at the Estuarine Research Federation Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, Oct. 16 Ð 20, 2005.

Jewett-Smith, J., Koch, K., Moyer, E. 2003.  Distribution and seasonality of the marine algae of Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, USA.  Poster presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation in Seattle, Washington, September 14 Ð 18, 2003.

Jewett-Smith, J., Garza, R. and Bernal, C. 1997.  Diversity in Genetic, Morphological and Pigment composition of Halophila engelmannii in South Texas Estuaries;  Poster presented at 14th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island.  October 12-16, 1997.

Baker, A. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1995.  The pathogenic implications of an endoparasite, Plasmodiphora diplantherae associated with the seagrass Halodule wrightii.  Poster presented at the Estuarine Research Federation meeting, Nov. 14, 1995.

Bird, K.T., Cody, B. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1991.  Effects of salinity on micropropagation of Ruppia maritima.  Presentation given by J. Jewett-Smith at the 11th International Estuarine Research Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 10 Ð 14.

Jewett-Smith, J. and McMillan, C. 1988.  Axenic Culture of Halophila engelmannii (Hydrocharitaceae).  J. Phycol 24:13.  Supplement to June 1988.  Presentation at the annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America, Asilomar, CA, 24-29 July, 1988.

Jewett-Smith, J., Pulich, W.M. Jr., 1987.  Seasonal variability in physical, chemical and biological parameters affecting epiphytes of the seagrass Halodule wrightii.  Presentation given at the ninth biennial International Estuarine Research Conference, October 25-29, 1987 at New Orleans, LA.

Dawes, C.J. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1983.  Algae of subtropical bogs.  Trans. Am. Mic. Soc. 102:84085.  Paper given at the 98th annual meeting of the American Microscopical Society, Louisville, Ky. 27 December, 1982 at the Symposium on the Ecology of Bog and Marsh Algae and Protozoa.

Jewett-Smith, J. and Dawes, C.J. 1983.  Planktonic, Periphytic and epipelic algal associations in a Florida acid marsh:  a seasonal comparison of biological, physical and chemical aspects.  J. Phycol 19.  Supplement of June 1983.  Abstract of presentation given at the Phycological Society of America meeting at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 7 Aug. 1983.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS) - Regional Meetings

Fetchko, T., Jewett-Smith, J. and Smith, J. 2009.  Growth Study of Zostera marina in response to nutrient addition in culture.  Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Spring 2009 Meeting, Ocean City, MD.  March 5 Ð 9, 2009.

Oravitz, S. F., Wielenga ,M. H. , Jewett-Smith, J., and Bodolus, D. A., 2004. Water quality assessment and diatom assemblage of Chincoteague bay, Va.  Paper presented at the Fall meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society, Block Island, RI, 22 October, 2004.  Winner, 1st Place for Undergraduate Student presentation.

Wielenga*, M. H. Oravitz, S.F. , Bodolus, D.A. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2004.  Seasonal diatom assemblages of the Chincoteague Bay.   Poster presented at the Fall meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society, Block Island, RI, 22 October, 2004.  Winner, 1st Place for Undergraduate Poster presentation.

Jewett-Smith J, Moyer E, Koch K . 2003. Macroalgae of southern Chincoteague Bay shallow water ecosystems. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 76.

Koch, K., Moyer, E. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2002.  Algae of Southern Chincoteague Bay, Virginia.  Poster Southeastern Phycological Colloquium, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, November 1-2, Fort Pierce, Florida.

Jewett-Smith, J., Bird, J. and Dutcher, J.  1994.  RAPD analysis of the genetic diversity of 3 conspecific Halophilas:  The continuing saga.  Presentation at the 16th Phycological Colloquy, Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, N.C. September 31, 1994.

Gotch, J. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1994.  Toxicological effects of the herbicides atrazine and garlon on planktonic diatoms.  Presentation at the 16th Phycological Colloquy, Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, N.C.  September 31, 1994.

Jewett-Smith, J. Bird, K. and Dutcher, J. 1993.  RAPD analysis of the genetic diversity of the seagrass Halophila engelmannii, H. decipiens and H. johnsonii:  preliminary data.  Fifteenth Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, University of South Carolina Marine Lab, 15-17 October, 1993.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS) - State Meetings

Edwards, M., Niemoczynski, M., Jewett-Smith, J. and Hu. S. 2008.  GIS-Based Analysis of Stream Bank Erosion in Brodhead Watershed, Northeastern Pennsylvania.  Pennsylvania Academy of Science,  April 4 Ð 6, Grantville, P.A.

Niemoczynski, M., Edwards, M., Jewett-Smith, J. and Hu. S. 2008.  GIS-Based of Invasive Riparian Vegetation Densities and Distribution  in Brodhead Watershed, Northeastern Pennsylvania.  Pennsylvania Academy of Science,  April 4 Ð 6, Grantville, P.A.

Trebitz, K.I. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2008.  Impacts of a sewage discharge from a newly reopened casino resourt on the benthic macroinvertebrate community in Forest Hills Run. 39th. Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University of Biologists, Shippensburg, 28 -19 March, 2008.

Jerilyn Jewett-Smith, and Shixiong Hu, 2007, Patterns of Riparian Invasive Plant Infestations along the Lower Brodhead River and Cherry Creek, Monroe County, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of Science, April 7-8, Pittsburgh PA.

Jewett-Smith, J. and Stevens, E.  2006.  Survey of invasive riparian plants along the Lower Brodhead and Cherry Valley watershed: integration of field survesy, GPS and GIS data for development of an invasive species management plan. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Grantville, PA.  March 31 - April 2, Grantville, PA.

Taibi, N. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2006.  Effects of wastewater treatment plant discharges on diatom and benthic macroinvertebrate communities.  82nd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Grantville, PA.  March 31 - April 2, Grantville, PA.

Colgan, L., Steinhart, J. and Jewett-Smith, J.  2005.  Weed Watchers and Weed Warriors, A Multi-year Invasive Plant Survey and Removal Program in N.E. Pennsylvania: Training and Outcomes of a Volunteer Program.  Presentation at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Camp Hill, PA.  April 8 Ð 10, 2005.

Jewett-Smith, J. and LaDuke, T. 2005.  Aquatic Ecosystems of El Zota, an Atlantic Lowland Tropical Rainfores, and their Associated Microalgae. Presentation at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Camp Hill, PA.  April 8 Ð 10, 2005.

Oravitz, S.F., Wielenga, M.H. Bodolus, D.A. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2005.  Water Quality Comparison and Diatom Assemblage of Chincoteague Bay, VA. Presentation at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Camp Hill, PA.  April 8 Ð 10, 2005.

Wielenga, M.H., Oravitz, S.F., Bodolus, D.A, and Jewett-Smith, J. 2005.  Diatom Assemblages of the Southern Chincoteague Bay. Presentation at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Camp Hill, PA.  April 8 Ð 10, 2005.

Duck, K. and Jewett-Smith, J.  2004.  A microscopical comparison (Light and SEM) of sea cucumber ossicles, from 3 species in the Southern Chincoteague Bay. 80th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Scance, March 26 -28, 2004, Monroeville, PA.

Oravitz, S.F. and Jewett-Smith, J.  2004.  Water quality comparison and benthic diatom assemblage in seston and the ribbed mussel, Modiolus demissus.    Presentation at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Monroeville, PA. March 26 Ð 28, 2004.

Jewett-Smith, J., Moyer, E. and Koch, K. 2003.  Macroalgae of Southern Chincoteague Bay Shallow Water Ecosystems.  Presentation at 79th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science in Granville, PA, April 4-6, 2003.

Koch, K., Moyer, E. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2003.  Identification and quantification of macroepiphytes of the invasive marine alga, Codium fragile subs. tomentosoides.  Poster presented at 79th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science in Granville, PA, April 4-6, 2003.

Moyer, E., Koch, K. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2003.  Identification and quantification of the macroalgal epiphytes of the seagrass Zostera marina.  Poster presented at 79th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science in Granville, PA, April 4-6, 2003

Hoelper, S., Hoelper, A. and Jewett-Smith, J. 2002. Sewage effluent effects on aquatic macrophyte biodiversity in Brodhead Creek, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.  Poster presented at 2002 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Union of Biologists Meeting, Lockhaven University.  Winner of second place as an outstanding ecology / evolution undergraduate poster.

Jewett-Smith, J. and Catapano, S. 2001.  The distribution and abundance of macroalgae in Chincoteague Bay, Virginia.  Poster presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, March 2001.

Jewett-Smith, J. 2000.  A preliminary study of the red algae of Chincoteague Bay.  Poster presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, March 2000.

Jewett-Smith, J., Garza, R. and Bernal, C. 1998.  Comparison of 3 Populations of Halophila engelmannii from South Texas Estuaries:  Diversity in Genetic, Morphological and Pigment Composition.  Presentation at 101st Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Tyler, Texas, March 5-7, 1998.

Wardle, W.J., Minello, T. J., Webb, J. W., Wu, T. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1998.  Ecological Comparisons between two salt marsh subhabitats.  Presentation at 101st Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Tyler, Texas, March 5-7, 1998.

Jewett-Smith, J. 1997.  Genetic Diversity of Halophila engelmannii in South Texas Estuaries.  Presentation at the Centennial Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, 6-8 March, 1997.

Shinaman, J.M. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1995.  Garlon and Atrazine effects on Ruppia maritima L. Poster at the 59th annual meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, May 19 Ð 20, Tampa, Florida.

Gotch, J. and Jewett-Smith, J. 1995.  Effects of the Herbicides Atrazine and Garlon on the growth of Cyclotella meneghiniana (Bacillariophyta).  Poster at the 59th annual meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, May, 19 Ð 20, Tampa, Florida.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Jewett-Smith, J., Brunkard, K. and Whitford, T.  2008.  ESU foundation grant in support of teaching and research on use of photographic technology in the classroom.  $1000 awarded spring 2008.

Jewett-Smith, J. Whitford, T. and Brunkard, K. 2008.  ESU foundation grant in support of teaching and research on use of GPS technology for field studies.  $1000 awarded spring 2008.

Brodhead Watershed Association,  Invasive Species Management Plan, Phase II. (2007) - (Edith Stevens Project Manager , Jerilyn Jewett-Smith, Technical Director,). Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources  project BRC-RCI-11-5,  $20,000  awarded to BWA.

Brodhead Watershed Association,  Invasive Species Management Plan, Phase I (2004) - (Edith Stevens Project Manager , Jerilyn Jewett-Smith, Technical Director,). Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources  project BRC-RCI-11-5,  $40,000.

Moyer, Elaine J.  2003.  SIGMA-XI Grants in aid for  research:  Identification and Quantification of the Macroalgal epiphytes of the seagrass Zostera marina in the Chincoteague Bay, VA.  Supervisor: Jerilyn Jewett-Smith

Jewett-Smith, J.  ESU foundation grant in support of teaching and research on light in aquatic ecosystems.  Equipment purchases: LiCor Light meter, cable and lowering frame.  $1000 awarded spring 2003.

 Jewett-Smith, J. ESU foundation grant in support of addition of voucher storage space, Moore Biology Building for storage of teaching and research collections of algae and Costa Rican Flora. $ 945.00 awarded spring 2002.

Jewett-Smith, J. TAMIU minigrant in support of investigations into seagrass physiological ecology.  $1000.  Awarded December 1997.

Jewett-Smith, J. TAMIU minigrant in support of RAPD-PCR investigations of Halophila  $1000.  Awarded January, 1997.

Jewett-Smith, J. (PI), Garcia-Rios, M. and Smith, J.  NSF-Instrumental Laboratory Improvement Grant for Teaching Plant Biotechnology.  $64,950 ($32,475 NSF + $32,475 TAMIU).  Awarded July 1996.

Jewett-Smith, J. TAMIU minigrant in support of RAPD-PCR investigations of Halophila.  $1000.  Awarded November 1995.

Fry-Obrien, L. and Jewett-Smith, J.  TAMIU mini-grant in support of field research and student training in the local Tamaulipan fauna and flora. $1200.  Awarded December, 1995.

Bird, K.T. and Jewett-Smith, J.  1992.  Development of advanced micropropagation techniques for seagrasses used in coastal retoration.  SeaGrant, $37,000.

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POSTDOCTORAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING