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Val serves as advisor/mentor to graduate students; teaches scientific writing courses;
and edits scientific, biology, ecology, and and medical research papers.

 

After earning her Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Cruz, Val Gerard worked as a research biologist at Dalhousie University and the California Institute of Technology, doing research in marine ecology and development of alternative energy resources. She ultimately accepted a faculty position at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and retired from that position in 1999.

During her academic career, Val published over fifty papers in the fields of ecology, botany, zoology, physiology, biochemistry, and mathematical modeling (see her publication list, below). She wrote a million dollars worth of successful grant proposals to federal, state, and private funding agencies. Val served as advisor and/or mentor to many students, and she has over thirty years of experience in classroom teaching, including scientific writing courses. She also acted as associate editor, editorial board member, and/or reviewer for over twenty scientific journals, including Science.

SPECIALITIES

Science editing and writing
Medical editing and writing
Including: medicine, biology, chemistry, physiology, oceanography,
environmental science, environmental policy

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Adjunct, University of Oregon, Cascades Campus 2001-02
  • Associate/Assistant Professor, SUNY Stony Brook 1983-1999 (retired 1999)
  • Visiting Associate Professor, University of Oregon 1998
  • Visiting Associate Professor, University of California, Davis 1990
  • Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology 1978-83

PUBLICATIONS

  • Benson, A.A., A.M. Nonomura & V.A. Gerard. 2009. The path of carbon in photosynthesis. XXV. Plant and algal growth responses to glycopyranosides. J. Plant Nutrition 32:1185-1200

  • Korb, R. & V.A.Gerard. 2000. Effects of concurrent low temperature and low nitrogen supply on polar and temperate seaweeds.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 198:73-82

  • Korb, R. & V.A..Gerard. 2000. Nutrient assimilation characteristics of polar seaweeds from differing nitrogen environments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 198:83-92

  • Gerard, V.A., R.M. Cerrato & A. Larson. 1999. Potential impacts of a western Pacific grapsid crab on intertidal communities of  the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Biol.Invasions 1:353-361

  • Gerard, V.A. 1999. Positive interactions between cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, and the brown alga, Ascophyllum nodosum ecad scorpioides, in a mid-Atlantic coast salt marsh. J.Exp.Mar.Biol.Ecol. 239:157-164

  • Gerard, V.A. 1997.  The role of nitrogen nutrition in high-temperature tolerance of the kelp, Laminaria saccharina (Chromophyta).  J.Phycol. 33:800-810

  • Gerard, V.A. 1997. Environmental stress during early development of kelp sporophytes (Laminaria saccharina): How long do effects persist? J.Appl.Phycol. 9:5-9

  • Gerard, V.A., & T. Driscoll. 1996. A spectrophotometric assay for Rubisco activity: application to the kelp Laminaria saccharina and implications for radiometric assays. J.Phycol. 32:880-884

  • Bruhn, J., & V.A. Gerard. 1996. Photoinhibition and recovery of the kelp, Laminaria saccharina, at optimal and  superoptimal temperatures. Mar.Biol. 125: 639-648

  • Gerard, V.A. 1995. Recent changes in nearshore, communities in Long Island Sound. Proc.Long Island Sound  Res.Conf.  NY Sea Grant Inst. Publ. no. NYSGI-W-94-001, pp. 77-79

  • Gerard, V.A. & C.N. Conarck. 1991. Identifying the cause an early onset of seizures in puppies with epileptic parents. Vet.Med. 11:1060-61

  • Gerard, V.A. 1990. Ecotypic differentiation in the kelp Laminaria saccharina:  phase-specific adaptation in a complex life-cycle. Mar.Biol. 107:519-528

  • Gerard, V.A., S. Dunham & G. Rosenberg. 1990. Nitrogen-fixation by cyanobacteria associated with Codium fragile  (Chlorophyta): environmental effects and transfer of fixed nitrogen. Mar.Biol. 105:1-8

  • Burgman, M.A. & V.A. Gerard. 1990. A stage-structured, stochastic population model of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Mar.Biol. 105:15-23

  • Greene, R.M. & V.A. Gerard. 1990. Effects of high-frequency light fluctuations on growth and photoacclimation of the red alga, Chondrus crispus. Mar.Biol. 105:337-344

  • Gerard, V.A. 1990. Let's be honest about epilepsy. Dog World 75:26-29

  • Gerard, V.A. 1989. Seaweeds, pp. 205-212. In The Biomass Handbook. Gordon and Breach, London

  • Gerard, V.A. 1988. Ecotypic differentiation in light-related traits of Laminaria saccharina. Mar.Biol. 97:25-36

  • Gerard, V.A. & K. DuBois. 1988. Temperature ecotypes near the southern boundary of the kelp, Laminaria saccharina. Mar.Biol. 97:575-80

  • Gerard, V.A. 1987. Hydrodynamic streamlining of Laminaria saccharina in response to mechanical stress.  J.Exp.Mar.Biol.Ecol. 107:237-244

  • Gerard, V.A., K. DuBois & R. Greene. 1987. Growth of two Laminaria saccharina populations to environmental variation. Hydrobiologia 151:229-232

  • Gerard, V.A. 1987. Optimizing biomass production on marine farms. In Seaweed cultivation for renewable resources. Elsevier, Amsterdam

  • Gerard, V.A. 1986. Photosynthetic characteristics of Macrocystis pyrifera determined in situ. Mar.Biol. 90:473-482

  • Gerard, V.A. 1984. The light environment in a giant kelp forest: influence of Macrocystis pyrifera on spatial and temporal variability. Mar.Biol. 84:189-195

  • Gerard, V.A. 1984. Physiological effects of El Nino on giant kelp in southern California. Mar.Bio.Lett. 5:317-22

  • Gerard, V.A. & W.J. North. 1984. Measuring growth, production, and yield of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Hydrobiologia 116:321-324

  • Gerard, V.A. & H. Kirkman. 1984. Ecological observations on a branched, loose-lying form of Macrocystis pyrifera  (L.) C. Agardh in New Zealand. Bot.Mar. 27:105-109

  • Gerard, V.A. 1982. In situ water motion and nutrient uptake by the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Mar.Biol. 69:51-54

  • Gerard, V.A. 1982. In situ rates of nitrate uptake by Macrocystis pyrifera: tissue differences, environmental effects, and predictions of N-limited growth. J.Exp.Mar.Biol.Ecol. 62:211-224

  • Gerard, V.A. 1982. Growth and utilization of internal nitrogen reserves by the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera in a low nitrogen environment. Mar.Biol. 66:27-35

  • Manley, S., L. Anderson, V. Gerard, J. Kuwabara, & W. North. 1982. Environmental considerations involved in farming Macrocystis. Proc.Intern. Gas Res.Conf. pp. 693-8

  • North, W.J., V.A. Gerard, & J. Kuwabara. 1982. Farming Macrocystis at coastal and oceanic sites. In Synthetic and degradative processes in marine macrophytes. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.

  • Gerard, V.A. & W.J. North. 1981. Kelp growth on an ocean farm in relation to fertilizing. Proc. Internat.Seaweed Symp. 10:581-586

  • North, W.J., V.A. Gerard, & R. McPeak. 1981. Experimental fertilizing of coastal Macrocystis beds. Proc.Internat. Seaweed Symp. 10:613-618

  • North, W.J. V.A. Gerard, & J. Kuwabara. 1981. Biomass production by freshwater and marine macrophytes. In Biomass as a nonfossil fuel source. ACS Symp.Ser. 144

  • Gerard, V.A. & K.H. Mann. 1979. Growth and production of Laminaria longicruris populations exposed to different intensities of water movement. J.Phycol. 15:33-41

  • Gerard, V.A. 1979. Neptune's jungle. Anim.Kingd. 82:19-25

  • Pearse, J.S. & V.A. Gerard. 1977. Kelp forests. In Coastal ecosystem management. John Wiley, NY

For more information about Val Gerard, click here to read her self-interview.

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