- Judith Weis
Dr. Judith Weis is a professor and faculty expert of
marine biology atRutgers University , Newark. Dr. Weis's research focuses on the responses of estuarine organisms to stresses, particularly heavy metal contaminants. Her lab site is situated in close proximity to New Jersey'sHackensack Meadowlands andNewark Bay . [ [http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/Faculty/weis/weis.htm Judith S. Weis, Ph.D ] ]Research Projects
- Estuarine pollution: effects on behavior and predator/prey relationships and reproduction
- Effects of embryonic exposure to contaminants on larval behavior in fish
- Effects of parasites on grass shrimp behavior and
ecotoxicology - Effects of chromated-copper-arsenate treated wood in estuaries
- Marsh plants' roles in uptake and flux of contaminants, and as habitat and food for marsh invertebrates [ [http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/Faculty/weis/weis.htm Judith S. Weis, Ph.D ] ]
Awards
Fulbright Senior Specialist - Indonesia (Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi) May 2006
Rutgers Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, 2003-2004
Environmental Award from Accabonac Protection Committee, 1996
Governor's Science Advisory Committee, N.J., President's Council of Cornell Women, Marine Board of the National Research Council, 1991
Elected Fellow of AAAS, 1985 [ [http://sciencewomen.rutgers.edu/profiles/index.php?a=display&f=facultyprofile&id=224 Rutgers: Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics- Faculty Profile ] ]
Education
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Cornell University , Zoology B.A., 1962- Marine Biology Lab., Marine Ecology, 1961
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New York University , Biology M.S., 1964- New York University, Biology Ph.D., 1967 [ [http://sciencewomen.rutgers.edu/profiles/index.php?a=display&f=facultyprofile&id=224 Rutgers: Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics- Faculty Profile ] ]
References
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