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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

A. Keith Miles

Center Director
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Sarah Spring

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

Diane Elam (Former Employee)

Research Manager
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Tom Kimball

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

Nicole Hettich

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

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Acting Administrative Officer Nicole Hettich nhettich@usgs.gov (916) 659-0010
Biologist Alexandra Houston ahouston@usgs.gov 619-225-6454
Biologist Laura (Laney) White lmwhite@usgs.gov 530-631-2142
Biologist Gabriel A Reyes greyes@usgs.gov
Biologist Jonathan Rose jprose@usgs.gov 530-902-8928
Biologist Brittany Ewing bewing@usgs.gov
Biologist Tritia A Matsuda tmatsuda@usgs.gov 619-225-6443
Biologist Isa Woo iwoo@usgs.gov 707-562-2001
Biologist Denise Clark drclark@usgs.gov 619-225-6435
Biologist Cheryl Brehme cbrehme@usgs.gov 619-225-6427
Biologist & Southwest Region Dive Safety Officer Joseph Tomoleoni jtomoleoni@usgs.gov 831-254-9750
Center Director A. Keith Miles keith_miles@usgs.gov
Chief of Staff Sarah Spring sarah_spring@usgs.gov 916-206-3018
Ecologist Suellen Lynn suellen_lynn@usgs.gov 619-225-6437
Ecologist Shannon Waters swaters@usgs.gov 530-752-5306
Ecologist Kristine Preston kpreston@usgs.gov 619-225-6420
Ecologist Sara Sciulla sscoles@usgs.gov 702-564-4624
Ecologist Kevin Buffington kbuffington@usgs.gov 707-562-2000
Geneticist Jonathan Q Richmond jrichmond@usgs.gov 619-225-6434
Geographer Austen A Lorenz aalorenz@usgs.gov
Research Biologist Josh Adams josh_adams@usgs.gov 831-460-7566
Research Ecologist Phillip van Mantgem pvanmantgem@usgs.gov 707-825-5189
Research Ecologist Kathryn McEachern kathryn_mceachern@usgs.gov 805-658-5753
Research Ecologist Todd Esque tesque@usgs.gov 702-564-4506
Research Ecologist Lizabeth Bowen lbowen@usgs.gov 530-752-5365
Research Ecologist Lea A Condon, PhD lcondon@usgs.gov 916-278-9485
Research Ecologist Adrian Das adas@usgs.gov 559-565-3179
Research Ecologist Karen Thorne, Ph.D. kthorne@usgs.gov 916-502-2996
Research Hydrologist Wesley Danskin wdanskin@usgs.gov 619-225-6132
Research Manager Tom Kimball tkimball@usgs.gov 916-538-8332
Research Plant Ecologist Lesley DeFalco ldefalco@usgs.gov 702-564-4507
Research Statistician Julie Yee julie_yee@usgs.gov 530-669-5097
Research Wildlife Biologist Kathleen Longshore longshore@usgs.gov 702-564-4505
Research Wildlife Biologist Michael Casazza mike_casazza@usgs.gov 530-669-5075
Research Wildlife Biologist Brian Halstead bhalstead@usgs.gov 530-669-5076
Research Wildlife Biologist Susan De La Cruz sdelacruz@usgs.gov 707-562-2004
Research Wildlife Biologist Peter Coates pcoates@usgs.gov 530-669-5073
Research Wildlife Biologist Josh T Ackerman jackerman@usgs.gov 530-669-5087
Scientist Emeritus Joseph Fleskes joe_fleskes@usgs.gov 530-669-5074
Scientist Emeritus Brian B Hatfield brian_hatfield@usgs.gov
Scientist Emeritus Nathan Stephenson nstephenson@usgs.gov 559-565-3176
Senior Ecologist, ST Kevin Lafferty klafferty@usgs.gov 805-893-8778
Senior Program Officer Tina Licari tlicari@usgs.gov
Senior Scientist, ST Jon Keeley jon_keeley@usgs.gov 559-565-3170
Supervisory Ecologist Patrick M Kleeman pkleeman@usgs.gov 415-464-5184
Supervisory Research Biologist Robert N Fisher rfisher@usgs.gov 619-225-6422
Supervisory Research Ecologist Matthew Brooks mlbrooks@usgs.gov 559-240-7622
Supervisory Research Ecologist Barbara Kus barbara_kus@usgs.gov 619-225-6421
Supervisory Research Geneticist Amy Vandergast avandergast@usgs.gov 619-225-6445
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist Kristin Berry kristin_berry@usgs.gov 951-697-5361
Wildlife Biologist Emily (Emma) Kelsey ekelsey@usgs.gov 831-460-7572
Wildlife Biologist Elliott Matchett ematchett@usgs.gov 530-669-5063
Wildlife Biologist Christopher "Alex" Hartman chartman@usgs.gov 530-669-5085
Wildlife Biologist Mark Herzog mherzog@usgs.gov 530-669-5086
Wildlife Biologist Cory Overton coverton@usgs.gov 530-669-5083
Wildlife Biologist Sarah Peterson sepeterson@usgs.gov 530-669-5088
Wildlife Biologist Shawn T O'Neil soneil@usgs.gov