Dr. Suzanne Levine grew up in the Seattle area and obtained a B.A. in Biology from Western Washington University.  Later she received MSc. and PhD. degrees in Zoology (specialty Limnology) from the University of Manitoba (Canada).  Her thesis work was done at the Experimental Lakes Area in Northwestern Ontario, under the supervision of Dr. David Schindler.  She worked as site manager for a limnological research station in Venezuela, as a lecturer at the University of Denver, and as a research associate at both the University of Colorado, Boulder and Cornell University before coming to UVM in 1992.  Her research has included studies of nutrient cycling in lakes and streams, food web analysis, groundwater microbiology, the ecotoxicology of tributyltin (an antifouling agent painted onto ship hulls) in seagrass beds, use of remote sensing to study lake phenomena, and paleolimnology. She teaches courses on lakes, streams, wetlands and the emerging global water crisis.  She has a son, Nathan, who is a UVM junior majoring in Asian Studies and Political Science, and two cats, Elrond and Frodo.