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Elizabeth Hinchey Malloy, Great Lakes Ecosystem Specialist

Beth Hinchey Malloy is the program’s new Great Lakes Ecosystem Specialist, working in the U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office.  Beth was formerly a research ecologist and post-doctoral fellow at the U.S. EPA Atlantic Ecology Division in Narragansett, RI. She has an M.S. and Ph.D. in Marine Science from the College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests include organism-sediment interactions, fish and shellfish-habitat relationships, and sediment geochemistry. She will be working on Great Lakes issues that include ecosystem monitoring, wetland habitats, sediment removal, pollution prevention, and mass balance issues relating to policy.

Curriculum vita

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., 2002. Marine Science. The College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA.
• M.S., 1996. Marine Science. The College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA.
• B.S., 1993. Biological Sciences. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Research Ecologist & Post-doctoral Fellow. U.S. EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division. 2002 – 2004.
• Laboratory Technician, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. 1993.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Atlantic Estuarine Research Society
• COSEE Great Lakes, Advisory Board Member
• Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (Student Education & 2007 ERF Conference Organizing Committee)
• Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Sciences, President
• National Marine Educators Association, Chapter Representative

HONORS AND AWARDS

• U.S. EPA NHEERL Goal 4 Award: Science Integration-Interdivisional/Laboratory Research – 2004
• Thatcher Prize for Excellence in Graduate Study, College of William and Mary – 2003
• Dean’s Prize for the Advancement of Women in Marine Science, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary – 2002
• Craig L. Smith Memorial Educational Scholarship, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary – 2000
• International Women’s Fishing Association Scholarship – 1997-1999
• Dean's Fellowship, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary – 1994-1996
• Glenna R. Joyce Scholarship, University of Notre Dame – 1989-1993

PUBLICATIONS

Hinchey, E.K., M.C Nicholson, R.N. Zajac, and E.A. Irlandi. 2008. Preface: Marine and coastal applications in landscape ecology. Landscape Ecology 23(Suppl 1): 1-5.

Hinchey, E.K., L.C. Schaffner, C.C. Hoar, B.W. Vogt, and L.P. Batte. 2006. Responses of estuarine benthic invertebrates to sediment burial; the importance of mobility and adaptation. Hydrobiologia 556(1): 85-98.

Hinchey, E.K. and L.C. Schaffner. 2005. An evaluation of electrode insertion techniques for measurement of redox potential in estuarine sediments.  Chemosphere 59(5): 703-710.

Crimmins, D.M., E.K. Hinchey, M.C. Chintala, G. Cicchetti, C. Deacutis, and D. Blidberg. 2005. Use of a long endurance solar powered autonomous underwater vehicle (SAUV II) to measure dissolved oxygen concentrations in Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island, U.S.A. In Oceans 2005 - Europe Proceedings, IEEE, Inc., Piscataway, NJ. Vol 2:896-901.

Schaffner, L.C, T.M. Dellapenna, E.K. Hinchey, C.T. Friedrichs, M. Thompson Neubauer, M.E. Smith, and S.A. Kuehl. 2001. Physical energy regimes, sea-bed dynamics and organism-sediment interactions along an estuarine gradient. In J. Y. Aller, S. A. Woodin and R. C. Aller (eds), Organism-Sediment Interactions University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC. pp. 161-182.

Hinchey, E.K. and J.A. Nestlerode. 2001. Create a critter collector: An inexpensive method for collecting epifauna for observation in the laboratory and as a basis for ecological inquiries. American Biology Teacher 63(8):606-608.