Jennifer Ruesink
ruesink@u.washington.edu


Education

BA, Biology, Cornell University; MPhil, Botany, Cambridge University
PhD, Zoology, University of Washington.

Honors

- NSF Pre-doctoral fellowship
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Research Award
- Achievement Rewards for College Scientists STAR Award
- UBC Biodiversity Post-doctoral Fellow


Research

Marine community ecology, especially food webs, species invasions, and conservation


Publications

25 refereed publications; 2 book chapters, including:

Solan, M., B. Cardinale, A. Downing, K. Engelhardt, J. Ruesink and D. Srivastava. 2005. Extinction and ecosystem function in the marine benthos. Science 306:1177-1180.

Buhle, E.R., M. Margolis and J.L. Ruesink. 2005. Bang for buck: cost-effective control of invasive species with different life histories. Ecological Economics 52:355-366.

Moore, J.W., J.L. Ruesink and K.A. MacDonald. 2004. Impact of supply side ecology on consumer-mediated coexistence: evidence from meta-analysis. American Naturalist 163:480-487.

Administration & Service

UW Program on the Environment governing board; California Sea Grant Scientific Advisory Panel; 2 National Research Council Committees (Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring Program, Western Alaska Salmon Research and Restoration)

Highlights

- Courses taught: Introductory biology for majors; Ecology; Marine Ecology; Ecosystem-based management
- Sustainable field station, Willapa Bay
- Graduate and Post-doctoral research at foreign universities (UK, Canada); current collaborations in 4 countries
- Faculty Fellow, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (2004: Globalization and the environment)
- Faculty participant, NSF-IGERT: Multinational collaboration on challenges to the environment