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Explore our field station pages at "Locations" and visit our "Employee Directory" for specific contacts not included in the list below.

Locations

Contacts

Tom Kimball

Research Manager
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
Phone
916-538-8332

Damian K. Higgins

Research Manager
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
Phone
571-597-2485

Nicole Hettich

Administrative Officer
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
Phone
(916) 659-0010

Sarah Spring

Chief of Staff
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
Phone
916-206-3018

Matt Dekar

Center Director
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
Phone
916-747-8261

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Research Wildlife Biologist Josh T Ackerman jackerman@usgs.gov 530-669-5087
Research Biologist Josh Adams josh_adams@usgs.gov 831-460-7566
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist Kristin Berry kristin_berry@usgs.gov 951-697-5361
Research Ecologist Lizabeth Bowen lbowen@usgs.gov 530-752-5365
Biologist Cheryl Brehme cbrehme@usgs.gov 619-225-6427
Biologist Ellie Broadman, PhD ebroadman@usgs.gov
Supervisory Research Ecologist Matthew Brooks mlbrooks@usgs.gov 559-240-7622
Ecologist Kevin Buffington kbuffington@usgs.gov 707-562-2000
Research Wildlife Biologist Michael Casazza mike_casazza@usgs.gov 530-669-5075
Biologist Denise Clark drclark@usgs.gov 619-225-6435
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist Peter Coates, PhD pcoates@usgs.gov 530-669-5073
Ecologist Lea A Condon, PhD lcondon@usgs.gov 916-278-9485
Research Hydrologist Wesley Danskin wdanskin@usgs.gov 619-225-6132
Research Ecologist Adrian Das adas@usgs.gov 559-565-3179
Research Wildlife Biologist Susan De La Cruz sdelacruz@usgs.gov 707-562-2004
Research Plant Ecologist Lesley DeFalco ldefalco@usgs.gov 702-564-4507
Center Director Matt Dekar mdekar@usgs.gov 916-747-8261
Research Ecologist Todd Esque tesque@usgs.gov 702-564-4506
Biologist Brittany Ewing bewing@usgs.gov
Supervisory Research Biologist Robert N Fisher rfisher@usgs.gov 619-225-6422
Research Wildlife Biologist Brian Halstead bhalstead@usgs.gov 530-669-5076
Wildlife Biologist Christopher "Alex" Hartman chartman@usgs.gov 530-669-5085
Wildlife Biologist Mark Herzog mherzog@usgs.gov 530-669-5086
Administrative Officer Nicole Hettich nhettich@usgs.gov (916) 659-0010
Research Manager Damian K. Higgins dhiggins@usgs.gov 571-597-2485
Public Affairs Specialist Sally House shouse@usgs.gov
Biologist Alexandra Houston ahouston@usgs.gov 619-225-6454
Senior Scientist, ST Jon Keeley jon_keeley@usgs.gov 559-565-3170
Wildlife Biologist Emily (Emma) Kelsey ekelsey@usgs.gov 831-460-7572
Research Manager Tom Kimball tkimball@usgs.gov 916-538-8332
Supervisory Ecologist Patrick M Kleeman pkleeman@usgs.gov 415-464-5184
Supervisory Research Ecologist Barbara Kus barbara_kus@usgs.gov 619-225-6421
Senior Ecologist, ST Kevin Lafferty klafferty@usgs.gov 805-893-8778
Senior Program Officer Tina Licari tlicari@usgs.gov
Research Wildlife Biologist Kathleen Longshore longshore@usgs.gov 702-564-4505
Geographer Austen A Lorenz aalorenz@usgs.gov
Ecologist Suellen Lynn suellen_lynn@usgs.gov 619-225-6437
Wildlife Biologist Elliott Matchett ematchett@usgs.gov 530-669-5063
Biologist Tritia A Matsuda tmatsuda@usgs.gov 619-225-6443
Research Ecologist Kathryn McEachern kathryn_mceachern@usgs.gov 805-658-5753
Wildlife Biologist Shawn T O'Neil, PhD soneil@usgs.gov
Wildlife Biologist Cory Overton coverton@usgs.gov 530-669-5083
Wildlife Biologist Sarah Peterson sepeterson@usgs.gov 530-669-5088
Ecologist Kristine Preston kpreston@usgs.gov 619-225-6420
Biologist Gabriel A Reyes greyes@usgs.gov
Geneticist Jonathan Q Richmond jrichmond@usgs.gov 619-225-6434
Biologist Jonathan Rose jprose@usgs.gov 530-902-8928
Biologist David Nicolas Bertil Soderberg, PhD dsoderberg@usgs.gov
Chief of Staff Sarah Spring sarah_spring@usgs.gov 916-206-3018
Scientist Emeritus Nathan Stephenson nstephenson@usgs.gov 559-565-3176
Research Ecologist Karen Thorne, Ph.D. kthorne@usgs.gov 916-502-2996
Biologist & Southwest Region Dive Safety Officer Joseph Tomoleoni jtomoleoni@usgs.gov 831-254-9750
Research Ecologist Phillip van Mantgem pvanmantgem@usgs.gov 707-825-5189
Supervisory Research Geneticist Amy Vandergast avandergast@usgs.gov 619-225-6445
Ecologist Shannon Waters swaters@usgs.gov 530-752-5306
Biologist Cali L Weise (Roth) croth@usgs.gov
Biologist Laura (Laney) White lmwhite@usgs.gov 530-631-2142
Biologist Isa Woo iwoo@usgs.gov 707-562-2001
Research Statistician Julie Yee julie_yee@usgs.gov 530-669-5097
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