DIANE POEHLS
MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Biological Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
MS #34, Redfield 1-20
Woods Hole, MA 02543
(508) 289-3679
dpoehls@whoi.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
hydrothermal vent dispersal and community ecology; spatial and temporal genetics;
plankton patch dynamics; mechanisms of and barriers to dispersal; genetic selection;
post-settlement selection; aquaculture
EDUCATION:
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2007 PhD (expected), Biological Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA
2001 BS Honors, Aquatic Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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2004-present Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
2005-present Student Representative, Women’s Committee, WHOI
2003-2004 Student Representative, Department of Biology, WHOI
2003 Teaching Assistant, graduate course Biological Oceanography, WHOI
2001-2004 Graduate Student, Department of Biology, WHOI
2000-2001 Shoreline Preservation Fund Board Member, Associated Student
Body, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
2000 Summer Student Fellowship, Department of Oceanography, University of
Hawaii at Manoa; funded by the NSF REU program
2000 Student Teacher, Community Teaching Fellowship in Math and Sciences,
Santa Barbara High School and Middle School
1999-2001 Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Geology, UCSB
1999-2001 Undergraduate Researcher, Marine Science Institution, UCSB; funded
by the NSF REU program and UCSB Foundation
1999 Minority Summer Student Fellow, Department of Biology, WHOI
1998-1999 Research Assistant, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine
Biology, UCSB
1997-2001 BS Candidate, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine
Biology, UCSB
AT SEA: 8 cruises for 179 days.
AWARDS:
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2005 Honorable Mention, Student Poster Award, Symposium on Hydrothermal
Vent and Seep Biology, La Jolla, CA.
2001- 2004 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
2001 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (declined)
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2001 Departmental Honors, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
2000-2001 Barry M. Goldwater Fellowship
2000 UCSB Foundation Award for Undergraduate Research
1997-1998 Regents Scholarshp, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
PUBLICATIONS:
Poehls, D.K., S.W. Mills, and L.S. Mullineaux. Morphological and molecular
identification of gastropod larvae from hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise, near
9°N. In prep for submission to Marine Biology.
Poehls, D.K. and L.S. Mullineaux. Daily variability in larval supply to two hydrothermal
vents on the East Pacific Rise. In prep for submission to Marine Ecology Progress
Series.
Poehls, D.K. and L.S. Mullineaux. Effects of a Mesoscale Eddy on Larval Dispersal at
Hydrothermal Vents. Oral presentation at the Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI.
February 2006.
Poehls, D.K., L.S. Mullineaux, and T.M. Shank. Investigating Vent Gastropod Dispersal
Mechanisms Using Time-Series Observations of Currents and of Larval Abundance in
Sediment Traps. Poster presented at the 3rd Symposium for Hydrothermal Vent and Seep
Biology. La Jolla, CA. September 2005.
Poehls, D.K., and T.M. Shank. Geographic and Temporal Genetic Structure within
Rimicaris exoculata along the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Poster presented at the
RIDGE 2000 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Workshop. Providence, RI. March 2004.
Poehls, D.K., and R.M. Haymon. Bio 9 Chimney: Formation of multiple anhydrite
layers. Poster presented at The Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies Community Workshop,
Long Beach, CA. Feb 2002.
Poehls, D.K., Quetin, L.B, and R.M. Ross. Interannual comparison of lipid reserves in
the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Poster presented at the American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Feb. 2001.
Poehls, D.K., Smith, C.R. and A.R. Baco. Epifauna community structure of the San
Clemente Cold Seep: a diverse assemblage with moderate whale fall affinities. Poster
presented at the Second International Symposium on Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent
Biology, Brest, France. October 2001.
Poehls, D.K., R. Olson and H. Sosik. The physiological effects of iron and nitrogen
limiation on marine diatoms. Poster presented at the Colloquium for Undergraduate
Research, Special Programs UCSB, May 2000; and at the National Conference on
Undergraduate Research, Missoula, Montana. April 2000.
ADVISORS:
Dr. L.S. Mullineaux (Ph.D Advisor), Dr. T. Shank, Dr. R. Haymon, Dr. R.M. Ross, Dr.
L.B. Quetin, Dr. C.R. Smith, Dr. R. Olson