Stephanie I. Anderson

Stephanie I. Anderson

Research Ecologist

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

I am a Research Ecologist at the United States Environmental Protection Agency where my research focuses on marine algae, including harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, and their community responses to environmental variables like temperature, nutrients, and pH.

Previously, I was a Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Microbial Ecology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I worked under the direction of Dr. Stephanie Dutkiewicz examining phytoplankton thermal trait differentiation in a modeled ocean. For my doctoral dissertation with Dr. Tatiana Rynearson at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, I employed experimental, molecular, and modeling approaches to investigate the role of temperature in driving phytoplankton physiology, community structure, and biogeography.

Interests
  • Trait-based ecology
  • Thermal adaptation
  • Ecological modeling
  • Storytelling
Education

  • Ph.D. Oceanography, 2021

    University of Rhode Island

  • Teaching Credential, 2013

    Loyola Marymount University

  • B.A. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, 2012

    University of Colorado Boulder

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Projects

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Thermal Traits
Characterizing the phytoplankton thermal response and employing empirical data in ecological simulations and global projections
Code Dataset
Thermal Traits
Temperature-Nutrient Interplay
Investigating the interactive effects of temperature and nutrient availability on phytoplankton community composition
Dataset
Temperature-Nutrient Interplay

Recent Publications

Stephanie I. Anderson, Clara Fronda, Andrew D. Barton, Sophie Clayton, Tatiana A. Rynearson, Stephanie Dutkiewicz (2024). Phytoplankton thermal trait parameterization alters community structure and biogeochemical processes in a modeled ocean. Global Change Biology.

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Joshua D. Kling, Michael D. Lee, Nathan G. Walworth, Eric A. Webb, Jordan T. Coelho, Paul Wilburn, Stephanie I. Anderson, Qianqian Zhou, Chunguang Wang, Megan D. Phan, Feixue Fu, Colin T. Kremer, Elena Litchman, Tatiana A. Rynearson, David A. Hutchins (2023). Dual thermal ecotypes coexist within a nearly genetically identical population of the unicellular marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Gayantonia Franzè, Stephanie I. Anderson, Joshua D. Kling, Paul Wilburn, David A. Hutchins, Elena Litchman, Tatiana A. Rynearson, Susanne Menden-Deuer (2022). Interactive effects of nutrients and temperature on herbivorous predation in a coastal plankton community. Limnology & Oceanography.

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Ian W Bishop, Stephanie I. Anderson, Sinead Collins, Tatiana A. Rynearson (2022). Thermal trait variation may buffer Southern Ocean phytoplankton from anthropogenic warming. Global Change Biology.

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