Ray Lee has a B.A. in Biology from Pomona College, CA where his thesis work involved a study of the effects of crude oil extracts on filtration rate in the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. After working as a high school biology teacher, he began his Ph.D. work at the Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara on symbiosis between chemoautotrophic bacteria and marine invertebrates. After receiving his Ph.D. in Aquatic Biology in 1994, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Alabama then at Harvard University. In 1998, he accepted a position as an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University. His current research interest is in physiological responses of aquatic organisms to environmental stresses. In particular, he has focused on metabolic and biochemical adaptations to hypoxia, hydrogen sulfide, and elevated temperatures. Organisms presently under study include: Salt marsh grasses, deep-sea hydrothermal vent invertebrates, and cultured salmonids. He is strongly interested in instrumentation: automated flow-through respirometry, in situ chemical sensors, and stable isotope mass spectrometry. He is currently funded by EPA to investigate sediment oxygenation by salt marsh grasses of the genus Spartina. Brian Maricle is a Ph.D. student working in Ray Lee’s laboratory at Washington State University.

Email address: Rlee@mail.wsu.edu