CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

2002-2006  Bachelor of Science, Summa cum laude, Environmental Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Spring 2005        Semester Abroad, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Professional Experience

May 2009 GEOTRACES Intercalibration cruise, Honolulu, HI to San Diego, CA

June 2008 GEOTRACES Intercalibration cruise, Norfolk, VA to St. George's, Bermuda

Aug/Sept 2007 Gulf of Alaska cruise, Seattle, WA to Dutch Harbor, AK

Fall 2004-Spring 2006  Undergraduate Research Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Advisor Richard Bopp

Summer 2004     NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Marine Science Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Advisor Greg Ravizza

Summer 2003     NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Advisor LeeAnn Bailey.

Publications

Lippiatt, S.M., Lohan, M.C., Brown, M.T., Berger, C.J.M., and Bruland, K.B., Leachable particulate iron in the Columbia River, estuary, and near-field plume, Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, submitted.

Berger, C.J.M., Lippiatt, S.M., Lawrence, M.G., Bruland, K.B., The application of a chemical leach technique for estimating labile particulate aluminum, iron, and manganese in the Columbia River Plume and coastal waters off Oregon and Washington, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C00B01, doi:10.1029/2007JC004703, 2008.

Bailey L.O., Lippiatt S., Biancanello F.S., Ridder S.D., Washburn NR. The quantification of cellular viability and inflammatory response to stainless steel alloys. Biomaterials, 26(26): 5296-5302 (2005).

Lippiatt, Sherry M. The Isolation and Identification of Diatoms from Lake Waiau Sediments. Journal of Young Investigators. 2005, Vol. 12 http://www.jyi.org/research/re.php?id=144 [link current as of October 11, 2006].

Abstracts and Presentations

Lippiatt, S.M., Lohan, M.C., and Bruland, K.B., Reactive iron in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Goldschmidt (21 - 26 June, 2009), Davos, Switzerland.

Lippiatt, S.M., Berger, C.J.M., and Bruland, K.B., A new chemical leach method to assess the fraction of particulate iron that is available to phytoplankton (poster). 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting (2-7 March, 2008), Orlando, Florida.

Lippiatt, S, Fearing, A, Chaky, A, and Bopp, R. Direct TSS Monitoring of Short-Duration Transport in the Hudson River (poster). Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (22-25 October, 2006), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Chaky, D, Bopp, R, Lippiatt, S, and Shuster, E. Real-time Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Transport in the Upper Hudson River (poster). Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section - 40th Annual Meeting (March 14-16, 2005), Saratoga Springs, New York.

Awards and Scholarships

2010       Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

2006       Joseph Rosenholtz Prize

2004 & 2005       Todd M. Weber Scholarship

2001       Rensselaer Medal