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Jennifer Reynolds is Associate Professor of Geological Oceanography in UAF's School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. She holds a B.A. in Earth Science from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Columbia University (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), where she studied volcanism at mid-ocean ridge plate boundaries. During postdoctoral research positions at the U.S. Geological Observatory's Hawaii Volcano Observatory and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, she gained broader experience in volcanism at ocean islands and in the deep sea. Since moving to Alaska in 2000, her research has focused on application of geological oceanography to seafloor habitat studies in the Alaska region, particularly habitat for groundfish and deep sea corals. This research is highly interdisciplinary and involves collaboration with fisheries scientists and marine biologists. Dr. Reynolds teaches geological oceanography, and has supervised graduate students in Oceanography, Fisheries, and Geology. She also serves as Associate Director of the West Coast & Polar Regions Undersea Research Center, a regional center in NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP). The Center supports undersea research and technological innovation in marine ecosystems and marine resource management. Dr. Reynolds was appointed as a UAF representative to Faculty Alliance in 2009.

Dr. Michael Stekoll is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Alaska SE with a joint appointment with the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Dr. Stekoll received a B.S. degree in chemistry from Stanford University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from UCLA in 1976. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1976-78. The University of Alaska hired him as an assistant professor of fisheries in 1978. He teaches classes in organic and biochemistry, water pollution and marine algae. His research has focused on aspects of nearshore biology and ecology including the effects of pollution and the techniques of mariculture. He has been a lead investigator in several projects relating to marine macrophyte ecology in Alaska. He served on the Faculty Alliance 2001-2003 and was chair of the UAS Faculty Council 2002-2003.

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