Jan Newton (formerly J.N. Downs)

Environmental Investigations, Washington Department of Ecology, Box 47710, Olympia WA 98504-7710

phone) 360-407-6675 fax) 360-407-6884 email) newton@ocean.washington.edu

Education: PhD- Oceanography, 1989 UW. MS- Oceanography, 1984 UW. BS- Biology, 1981 Western Washington University.

Professional Experience: 1998-present Affilate Assitant Professor, UW. 1994-present Senior Oceanographer/Marine Waters Monitoring Supervisor, Washington State Dept. of Ecology. 1993-present Adjunct Research Associate, Northeastern University. 1991-present Fall-term instructor, East/ West Marine Biology Program, Northeastern University. 1991-93 Research Associate, UW. 1989-91 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. 1983-87 Graduate research and Teaching Assistant, UW.

Service: 1998-99 NOAA, Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment: National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment Core Group, invited member. 1998 Pacific Estuarine Research Society, President-elect. 1998 Ocean Scieneces '98 AGU Meeting Session Chair. 1997-99 NOAA, National Oceanographic Data Center: Coastal Ocean Data Working group on Data Quality Assurance, invited member. 1997-98 Puget Sound Research '98 Conference: Advisory Board member, Session Chair, Plenary Speaker. 1996-97 Dept. of Ecology, Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program: Conceptual Model Working group, Chair. 1994-present Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program: Steering Committee Member.

Memberships: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, The Oceanography Society, American Geophysical Union, Estuarine Research Federation, Pacific Estuarine Research Society