Dr. Warkentine earned her Doctoral Degree in Biology in 1990 from the City University of New York. She joined the faculty of SUNY Maritime College Science Department in 1990, obtained the rank of Full Professor in 1998, and was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Service Professor in 2010. Dr. Warkentine teaches all of the biology classes offered within the Marine Environmental Science Program, the program that she was instrumental in developing for the College.
She maintains an active research program as evident from the publication of over 35 peer reviewed papers. Her research interests are aquatic ecology with special reference to fish population dynamics and benthic macro-invertebrates from both marine and freshwater environments. In addition to her academic activities, she is an active member of the Throggs Neck American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary and dedicates her time towards supporting veteran’s program.
Schreibman, M.P., J.W. Rachlin, and B.E. Warkentine. 2005. Examining Chile’s tenth region and the tri-state estuary as models for understanding issues in the management of world fisheries. pp 205-216. In Chile Litoral Dialogo cientifico sobre los ecosistemas costeros. Editored by R.G. Hellman & R.A. Dujisin. FLASCO-Chile & ACSS publication
Rachlin, J.W., B.E. Warkentine and A. Pappantoniou. 2007. An evaluation of the ichthyofauna of the Bronx River, a resilient urban waterway.Northeastern Naturalist 14(4):531-544.
Warkentine, B.E. and J.W. Rachlin 2010. The first record of Palaemon macrodactylus from the eastern coast of North America. Northeastern Naturalist 17(1):91-102pp.
Warkentine, B.E. and J.W. Rachlin 2012. Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun 1902 (Oriental shrimp) in New York: Status revisited. Northeastern Naturalist 19(Special Issue 6): 173-180.
Rachlin, J.W., and B.E. Warkentine. 2012. An evaluation of fish assemblages of the Saw Mill River, New York: An urban stream. Northeastern Naturalist 19(Special Issue 6): 129-142.
Rachlin, J.W., R. Stalter, D. Kincaid, and B.E. Warkentine. 2012. Parsimony analysis of east coast salt march plant distribution. Northeastern Naturalist. 19(2):279-296