Jennifer Estelle Purcell

Background

Purcell, Jennifer Estelle was born on October 25, 1954 in Kansas City, Missoury. Daughter of Hoyt and Genevieve Marie Purcell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Stanford University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1981.

Career

Postdoctoral scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1981-1983; postdoctoral scientist, U. Victoria, B.C., Canada, 1983-1984; assistant professor oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1984-1986; assistant professor oceanography, Horn Point Environmental laboratories U. Maryland., Cambridge, 1987-1992; associate professor, Horn Point Environmental laboratories U. Maryland., Cambridge, since 1992. National Science Foundation visiting professor U. Washington Friday Harbor laboratories, 1986-1987, Whitney Laboratory U.Fla., 1990-1991, U. Kiel, Germany, 1993. Speaker Sea Grant Ext., Coos Bay and Astoria, Oregon.

Achievements

• Jennifer Estelle Purcell has been listed as a noteworthy Oceanographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Estuarine Research Foundation, We.Soc. Naturalists, Association Women in Science, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, country dancing, skiing, hiking.

Connections

Married Ross Marquardt, 1986. Children: Evan, Glen.

Father:

Hoyt Purcell

Mother:

Genevieve Marie Purcell

Spouse:

Ross Marquardt

child:

Evan Purcell

child:

Glen Purcell