Mary Jane Perry

Perry has a B.A. from the College of New Rochelle (1969) and a Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (1974).{{Cite thesis|title=Dynamics of phosphate utilizaion by marine phytoplankton in chemostat cultures and in oligotrophic waters of the central North Pacific Ocean|url=https://roger.ucsd.edu/record=b1842571~S9|date=1974|first=Mary Jane|last=Perry}} Following her Ph.D., she was a postdoc fellow at Washington University School of Medicine with Oliver H. Lowry and then joined the research faculty at the University of Washington.{{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=Mary Jane|date=2020-01-03|title=A 50-Year Journey from Phosphate to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles|journal=Annual Review of Marine Science|volume=12|issue=1|pages=1–22|doi=10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010945|pmid=31525127|bibcode=2020ARMS...12....1P|issn=1941-1405|doi-access=free}} Perry was at the National Science Foundation from 1980 to 1982 before returning to the University of Washington. In 1999, she became a Professor at the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, and transition into Emerita Professor in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Perry-CV-Aug-2016|url=https://umaine.edu/marine/wp-content/uploads/sites/212/2016/10/Perry-CV-Aug-2016.pdf}}

In addition to her research, Perry is known for starting an optical oceanography class with Kendall Carder that was initially held at Friday Harbor Laboratories and subsequently moved to the University of Maine. In 2015, the class celebrated 30 years of educating over 200 students and postdocs on the use of optics to study the ocean.{{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=Mary Jane|date=2016-03-01|title=The Optical Oceanography Class Turned 30 in Summer 2015|journal=Oceanography|volume=29|issue=1|pages=32–33|doi=10.5670/oceanog.2016.07|issn=1042-8275|doi-access=free}}

In 2009, Perry was named a fellow of The Oceanography Society and her nomination reads as follows:{{Cite web|title=tos-fellows-meet {{!}} The Oceanography Society|url=https://tos.org/tos-fellows-meet|access-date=2021-06-02|website=tos.org}}

{{Blockquote|text=For contributions to the founding and advancement of the sub-discipline of bio-optical oceanography and the education of more than a generation of bio-optics students}}

Perry's graduate research centered on the utilization of phosphorus in the marine environment where she first adapted a method from the medical community to measure alkaline phosphatase in the North Pacific.{{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=M. J.|date=1972-07-01|title=Alkaline phosphatase activity in subtropical Central North Pacific waters using a sensitive fluorometric method|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353639|journal=Marine Biology|language=en|volume=15|issue=2|pages=113–119|doi=10.1007/BF00353639|s2cid=84862775|issn=1432-1793|url-access=subscription}} She then used radiolabeled phosphorus to quantify phosphate uptake in diatom cultures{{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=M. J.|date=1976|title=Phosphate utilization by an oceanic diatom in phosphorus-limited chemostat culture and in the oligotrophic waters of the central North Pacific1|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|language=en|volume=21|issue=1|pages=88–107|doi=10.4319/lo.1976.21.1.0088|bibcode=1976LimOc..21...88P|s2cid=82796456 |issn=1939-5590|doi-access=}} and in seawater samples.{{Cite journal|date=1981-01-01|title=Phosphate uptake by phytoplankton in the central North Pacific Ocean|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0198014981901096|journal=Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers|language=en|volume=28|issue=1|pages=39–49|doi=10.1016/0198-0149(81)90109-6|issn=0198-0149|last1=Perry|first1=M.J|last2=Eppley|first2=R.W|bibcode=1981DSRA...28...39P|url-access=subscription}}

As Perry's research became more centered on phytoplankton, she was involved in early research projects using flow cytometery in the marine environment{{Cite journal|last1=Yentsch|first1=Clarice M.|author-link=Clarice Yentsch|last2=Horan|first2=Paul K.|last3=Muirhead|first3=Katharine|last4=Dortch|first4=Quay|last5=Haugen|first5=Elin|last6=Legendre|first6=Louis|last7=Murphy|first7=Lynda S.|last8=Perry|first8=Mary Jane|last9=Phinney|first9=David A.|last10=Pomponi|first10=Shirley A.|last11=Spinrad|first11=Richard W.|date=1983|title=Flow cytometry and cell sorting: A technique for analysis and sorting of aquatic particles1|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|language=en|volume=28|issue=6|pages=1275–1280|doi=10.4319/lo.1983.28.6.1275|bibcode=1983LimOc..28.1275Y|issn=1939-5590|doi-access=free}} and worked on photoadaption in phytoplankton.{{Cite journal|last1=Perry|first1=M. J.|last2=Talbot|first2=M. C.|last3=Alberte|first3=R. S.|date=1981-05-01|title=Photoadaption in marine phytoplankton: Response of the photosynthetic unit|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388170|journal=Marine Biology|language=en|volume=62|issue=2|pages=91–101|doi=10.1007/BF00388170|s2cid=83711756|issn=1432-1793|url-access=subscription}} Perry and her students' research further examined how phytoplankton and non-living organic material could be separated with light{{Cite journal|last1=Cleveland|first1=J.S.|last2=Perry|first2=M.J.|date=1994|title=A model for partitioning particulate absorption into phytoplanktonic and detrital components|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0967063794900337|journal=Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers|language=en|volume=41|issue=1|pages=197–221|doi=10.1016/0967-0637(94)90033-7|bibcode=1994DSRI...41..197C|url-access=subscription}} and the absorption of light by phytoplankton.{{Cite journal|last1=Roesler|first1=Collin S.|author-link=Collin Roesler|last2=Perry|first2=Mary Jane|last3=Carder|first3=Kendall L.|date=1989|title=Modeling in situ phytoplankton absorption from total absorption spectra in productive inland marine waters|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|language=en|volume=34|issue=8|pages=1510–1523|doi=10.4319/lo.1989.34.8.1510|bibcode=1989LimOc..34.1510R|issn=1939-5590|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Roesler|first1=Collin S.|author-link=Collin Roesler|last2=Perry|first2=Mary Jane|date=1995|title=In situ phytoplankton absorption, fluorescence emission, and particulate backscattering spectra determined from reflectance|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/95JC00455|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans|language=en|volume=100|issue=C7|pages=13279–13294|doi=10.1029/95JC00455|bibcode=1995JGR...10013279R|issn=2156-2202|url-access=subscription}}

Perry was a part of a collaborative effort to expand the use of gliders to make optical measurements.{{Cite journal|last1=Rudnick|first1=Daniel L.|last2=Davis|first2=Russ E.|last3=Eriksen|first3=Charles C.|last4=Fratantoni|first4=David M.|last5=Perry|first5=Mary Jane|date=2004-06-01|title=Underwater Gliders for Ocean Research|journal=Marine Technology Society Journal|volume=38|issue=2|pages=73–84|doi=10.4031/002533204787522703|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Eriksen|first1=Charles|last2=Perry|first2=Mary Jane|date=2009-06-01|title=The Nurturing of Seagliders by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program|url=https://tos.org/oceanography/article/the-nurturing-of-seagliders-by-the-national-oceanographic-partnership-progr|journal=Oceanography|volume=22|issue=2|pages=146–157|doi=10.5670/oceanog.2009.45|doi-access=free}} This portion of her research led to examining the role of stratification in driving the North Atlantic spring bloom{{Cite journal|last1=Mahadevan|first1=Amala|last2=D’Asaro|first2=Eric|last3=Lee|first3=Craig|last4=Perry|first4=Mary Jane|date=2012-07-06|title=Eddy-Driven Stratification Initiates North Atlantic Spring Phytoplankton Blooms|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1218740|journal=Science|language=en|volume=337|issue=6090|pages=54–58|doi=10.1126/science.1218740|pmid=22767922|bibcode=2012Sci...337...54M|s2cid=42312402|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}} and how eddies remove organic carbon from the surface ocean.{{Cite journal|last1=Omand|first1=M. M.|last2=D'Asaro|first2=E. A.|last3=Lee|first3=C. M.|last4=Perry|first4=M. J.|last5=Briggs|first5=N.|last6=Cetini|first6=I.|last7=Mahadevan|first7=A.|date=2015-04-10|title=Eddy-driven subduction exports particulate organic carbon from the spring bloom|journal=Science|language=en|volume=348|issue=6231|pages=222–225|doi=10.1126/science.1260062|pmid=25814062|bibcode=2015Sci...348..222O|s2cid=23549061|issn=0036-8075|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|last=Li|first=Sophia|date=2012-07-12|title=A Kick-Start for Phytoplankton|url=https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/a-kick-start-for-phytoplankton/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Green Blog|language=en-US}} While Perry is officially retired, in 2018 she joined the group using gliders to examine production and flux of carbon in the euphotic zone as part of the EXPORTS program.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-13|title=UMaine researchers join North Atlantic research voyage studying phytoplankton, ocean carbon - UMaine News - University of Maine|url=https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2021/05/13/umaine-researchers-join-north-atlantic-research-voyage-studying-phytoplankton-ocean-carbon/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=UMaine News|language=en-US}}{{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=Mary Jane|date=2020-01-03|title=A 50-Year Journey from Phosphate to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles|journal=Annual Review of Marine Science|volume=12|issue=1|pages=1–22|doi=10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010945|pmid=31525127|bibcode=2020ARMS...12....1P|issn=1941-1405|doi-access=free}}

• {{Cite journal|last1=Rudnick|first1=Daniel L.|last2=Davis|first2=Russ E.|last3=Eriksen|first3=Charles C.|last4=Fratantoni|first4=David M.|last5=Perry|first5=Mary Jane|date=2004-06-01|title=Underwater Gliders for Ocean Research|journal=Marine Technology Society Journal|volume=38|issue=2|pages=73–84|doi=10.4031/002533204787522703|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=Mary Jane|date=2020-01-03|title=A 50-Year Journey from Phosphate to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles|journal=Annual Review of Marine Science|volume=12|issue=1|pages=1–22|doi=10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010945|pmid=31525127|bibcode=2020ARMS...12....1P|issn=1941-1405|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Roesler|first1=Collin S.|last2=Perry|first2=Mary Jane|last3=Carder|first3=Kendall L.|date=1989|title=Modeling in situ phytoplankton absorption from total absorption spectra in productive inland marine waters|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|language=en|volume=34|issue=8|pages=1510–1523|doi=10.4319/lo.1989.34.8.1510|bibcode=1989LimOc..34.1510R|issn=1939-5590|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/252589565|title=Ocean optics|date=1994|publisher=Oxford University Press|last1=Spinrad|first1=Richard W.|last2=Carder|first2=Kendall L.|last3=Perry|first3=Mary Jane|author-link1=Rick Spinrad|isbn=1-4294-1089-2|location=New York|oclc=252589565}}

• Fellow, The Oceanography Society (2009){{Cite web|title=tos-fellows-meet {{!}} The Oceanography Society|url=https://tos.org/tos-fellows-meet|access-date=2021-06-01|website=tos.org}}
• Distinguished MAINE Professor (2014){{Cite web|date=2016-01-07|title=Distinguished MAINE Professor {{!}} UMaine Alumni Association|url=https://www.umainealumni.com/distinguished-maine-professor/|access-date=2021-06-01|language=en}}
• Rachel Carson lecture, American Geophysical Union (2015){{Cite web|title=Rachel Carson Lecture {{!}} AGU|url=https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Carson-Lecture|access-date=2021-06-01|website=www.agu.org}}

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