Case Institute of Technology

Cleveland, Ohio, June 1964, BS (Physics)

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois, June 1969, Ph.D. (Physics)

2005-2012 Faculty Member, Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School

2003-2010 Member of Board of Directors of the San Juan Nature Institute (Vice President 2005-2010) - Friday Harbor, WA

2003-2010 Member of Board of Directors of the Whale Museum (President 2005-2010) - Friday Harbor, WA

1995-1998 Director of Environmental Science at Colorado College

1992-1993 Professor of Physics, University of Indiana ‑ in Malaysia

1988-1992 Chair, Department of Physics, Colorado College

1987-2004 Professor of Physics, Colorado College (Emeritus in 2005)

1985 (Spring) Lectures in Artificial Intelligence, Guadalajara and Mexico City, Mexico

1984 (Fall) Visiting Faculty in Artificial Intelligence, Yale University

1980-1983 Director of Southwest Studies Program at Colorado College

1980 (Summer) Visiting Professor of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara

1978-1979 Member of Colorado Air Pollution Control Commission

1976 (Summer) Fellowship at Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)

1971 Joined Colorado College as Assistant Professor of Physics

PUBLICATIONS

Shipping noise signatures. Val Veirs, Scott Veirs, and Jason Wood, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 2368 (2011), DOI:10.1121/1.3587664 

Shipping noise and vocal compensation by Southern Resident killer whales: Haro Strait as a study case. Jason D. Wood, Peggy Foreman, Val Veirs, and Scott Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 2607 (2011), DOI:10.1121/1.3588647

Killer whale scouting: Listen live for troops J, K, and L. Scott R. Veirs, Val R. Veirs, and Jason D. Wood, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 2538 (2011), DOI:10.1121/1.3588433 

Orca hearing weighted decibels: Underwater sound measurements appropriate to studies of Orcinus (killer whales). David Bain, Scott Veirs, and Val Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 2607 (2011), DOI:10.1121/1.3588648

Are click rates in killer whales an indicator of group behavior and foraging hotspots? Erica L. Beneze, Jason Wood, Scott Veirs, and Val Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 2607 (2011), DOI:10.1121/1.3588650 

Masking of southern resident killer whale signals by commercial ship noise. Scott R. Veirs and Val R. Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 2606 (2011), DOI:10.1121/1.3588646

Killer whale habitat use and prey fields from remote hydrophones and echosounders. Scott Veirs, Val Veirs, Jason Wood, Brian Moore, Bob McClure, and Bob Otis, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, 2647 (2009), DOI: 

Frequency quantiles and dual harmonic tracking for detection and classification of killer whale calls. Val Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, 2588 (2009), DOI: 

Speaking up: Killer whales (Orcinus orca) increase their call amplitude in response to vessel noise Marla M. Holt, Dawn P. Noren, Val Veirs, Candice K. Emmons, and Scott Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, EL27 (2009), DOI:10.1121/1.3040028 

Spatial confirmation of vocal communication between a killer whale calf and its natal family Scott Veirs, Val Veirs, and Jason D. Wood, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, 3362 (2008), DOI:10.1121/1.2933958

Investigating noise effects on the call amplitude of endangered Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) Marla Holt, Val Veirs, and Scott Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, 2985 (2008), DOI:10.1121/1.2932512 

Vessel noise measurements underwater in the Haro Strait, WA Scott Veirs and Val Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3382 (2006), DOI:

One year of background underwater sound levels in Haro Strait, Puget Sound Val Veirs and Scott Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 2577 (2005), DOI: 

Source levels of free-ranging killer whale (orcinus orca) social vocalizations Val Veirs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116, 2615 (2004), DOI: