Raechel Waters
Assistant Director of Research
Washington Sea Grant
3716 Brooklyn Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206.685.8209
206.685.0380 fax
rlwaters@u.washington.edu
Focus Areas
- Research
- Education
- Administration
Experience and Education
Prior to joining WSG in 2007 Raechel worked as a research scientist (Microscale Plankton Ecology), university educator and program manager. She is a native of Australia, with a doctorate in Biological Oceanography from Flinders University, Adelaide. Her areas of specific interest are climate change impacts, harmful algal blooms and research dissemination.
Current Activities
- Program manage WSG-funded research
- Administer WSG education program
- Oversee WSG contribution to West Coast Regional Research and Information Plan
- Co-teach UW course, Ocean102 “The Changing Oceans”

