Areas of Interest 

           Plankton ecology; Coastal ecosystems; Environmental change/disturbance 

Education 

           PhD in Biological Oceanography (Fall 2009) 
                  Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL  (2004–2009) 
                  Advisor:   Dr. Nancy Marcus 
                  Thesis:  The effects of seagrass on the benthic distribution of copepod resting eggs 

           BA in Biology (Spring 2004) 
                  Lawrence University, Appleton, WI  (2000–2004) 
                  Advisor:   Dr. Bart De Stasio 
                  Honors Thesis:  Daphnia pulicaria survival and reproduction in the water of Lake Winnebago, 
                  Wisconsin before and after zebra mussel invasion 

Research and Work Experience 

           Postdoctoral Associate (1/2010–present) 
          National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA 

           Research Assistant (9/2004–12/2009) 
           Florida State University Department of Oceanography, Tallahassee, FL 

           Aquatic Invasive Species Monitor (5/2004–9/2004) 
           Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Green Bay, WI 

           Research Assistant (6/2003–5/2004) 
           Lawrence University Department of Biology, Appleton, WI 
		   
Meetings Attended 

           Joint Synthesis Center Postdoctoral Symposium, April 2011, Durham, NC 

           ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico 
                   Presentation:  Use of multivariate autoregressive (MAR) analysis to assess marine plankton 
                   community dynamics from time series data 

           Resurrection Ecology Symposium, September 2009, Herzberg, Switzerland 
                   Presentation:  The effects of seagrass on the benthic distribution of copepod resting eggs 

           ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2008, Orlando, FL 
                   Presentation:  The retention of copepod resting eggs in patches of seagrass in comparison to 
                   bare sediment in a high energy area 
				   
Publications 

           Scheef LP, Pendleton DE, Hampton SE, Scheuerell MD, Holmes EE, Johns DG (in press) Assessing 
                   marine plankton community structure from long-term monitoring data with multivariate 
                   autoregressive (MAR) models: fixed station vs. spatially distributed sampling data. 
                   Limnol Oceanogr-Meth

           Scheef LP, Walker CN, Marcus NH (in review) Effects of sediment depth, seagrass presence, grain 
                   size, and season on the benthic distributions of meiofauna on a shallow Florida reef. 

           Scheef LP, Marcus NH (2011) Mechanisms for copepod resting egg accumulation in seagrass 
                   sediments. Limnol Oceanogr 56(1):363–370 

           Scheef LP, Marcus NH (2010) Occurrence and significance of copepod resting egg accumulation in 
                   seagrass sediments. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 407:125–134 

          Marcus NH, Scheef LP (2010) Photoperiodism in copepods. In: Nelson RJ, Denlinger DL, Somers DE 
                   (eds) Photoperiodism: the biological calendar. Oxford University Press, New York, p 193–217