Sam Chapman Wainright

Background

Wainright, Sam Chapman was born on July 19, 1954 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Ralph B. and Dorothy (Chapman) Wainright.

Education

Bachelor, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1976; Master of Science, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Georgia.

Career

Graduate research assistant, Institute of Ecology, U. Georgia, Athens, 1983-1988; postdoctoral associate, Institute of Ecology, U. Georgia, Athens, 1988; postdoctoral associate, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1989-1991; postdoctoral associate, Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991-1992; assistant professor marine biology, Institute Marine/Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1992. Reviewer National Science Foundation, Washington, since 1988, Limnology and Oceanography, since 1989, Marine Biology, Berlin, Germany, since 1990, Estuaries, since 1991, National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration, Washington, since 1991.

Achievements

• Sam Chapman Wainright has been listed as a notable Marine scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, American Fisheries Society, Northeastern Estuarine Research Society, Sigma Xi (grantee 1984).

Connections

Married Patricia D. Ottens, July 27,1984.

Father:

Ralph B. Wainright

Mother:

Dorothy (Chapman) Wainright

Spouse:

Patricia D. Ottens