Patricia A. Wheeler is a retired American phycologist and oceanographer.
North at the Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory in Corona del Mar, California focusing on kelp forest ecology.
[2] Wheeler joined faculty at Oregon State University (OSU) in 1986.
While on the faculty of Oregon State University she distinguished herself as a leading researcher on nutrient cycles and primary production in marine ecosystems, primarily in the Eastern Pacific and Arctic regions.
[1] On 15 June 1988, she married John Cooper Westall, a professor of chemistry at OSU.