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Our WFRC scientists work from four locations in two western states. Laboratories are located in Seattle, on Marrowstone Island, in the Columbia River Gorge, WA, and in Klamath Falls, OR. The Center is engaged in biological research on critical natural resource issues facing the nation. Our research includes work in habitats that encompass rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries and marine environments.

Locations

Contacts

Michael William Schmidt

Center Director

Western Fisheries Research Center

mwschmidt@usgs.gov

Phone

206-526-6291

Eric Janney

Klamath Senior Science Advisor, Acting Oregon Water Science Center Director

Northwest-Pacific Islands Region

ecjanney@usgs.gov

Phone

541-273-8689

Ext

202

Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.

Chief - Fish Health Section

Western Fisheries Research Center

Station Leader

Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)

phershberger@usgs.gov

Phone

360-385-1007

Ext

225

Employee Directory

Job Title	Name	Email	Phone
Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist	John Allen	jsallen@usgs.gov	206-526-6564
Biologist	William (Bill) N Batts	bbatts@usgs.gov	206-526-2289 Ext: 2289
Fish Biologist	Scott L. Benson	slbenson@usgs.gov	509-758-3311
Fish Biologist	Bradley Bickford	bbickford@usgs.gov	509-758-3311
Fish Biologist	Randi M. Bowman	rbowman@usgs.gov
Fish Biologist	Summer M Burdick	sburdick@usgs.gov	509-538-2991
Fish Biologist	John M Caldwell	jmcaldwell@usgs.gov	541-273-8689
Microbiologist	Dorothy M. Chase	dchase@usgs.gov
Administrative Assistant	Meaghan Cheney	mpcheney@usgs.gov	541-273-8689 Ext: 210
Biological Science Technician	Tessa Code	tcode@usgs.gov	206-526-2040
Biological Science Laboratory Technician (Microbiology)	Carla M Conway	cmconway@usgs.gov	206-526-2042
Biologist	Claire E Couch, PhD	ccouch@usgs.gov
Fish Biologist	Michael Dodrill	mdodrill@usgs.gov	509-538-2912
Research Ecologist	Jeffrey Duda	jduda@usgs.gov	206-526-2532
Fish Biologist	Brian Ekstrom	bekstrom@usgs.gov	509-538-2965
Research Microbiologist	Diane Elliott, Ph.D.	dgelliott@usgs.gov	206-526-6591
Research Microbiologist and Aquatic BSL-3 Laboratory Manager	Eveline (Evi) Emmenegger	eemmenegger@usgs.gov	206-526-2276
Biological Science Technician (Fisheries)	Courtney Grady	cgrady@usgs.gov	360-385-1007 Ext: 227
Computational Biologist	Justin B. Greer, Ph.D.	jgreer@usgs.gov	206-526-2055
Fish Biologist	Jacob (Jake) Gregg	jgregg@usgs.gov	360-385-1007 Ext: 223
Research Statistician (Biology)	Dalton Hance	dhance@usgs.gov	541-750-0995
Biological Science Technician	Gabriel Hansen	ghansen@usgs.gov	509-538-2961
Research Immunologist	John D Hansen, Ph.D.	jhansen@usgs.gov	206-526-6588
Fish Biologist	Amy C Hansen	achansen@usgs.gov	509-538-2911
Fish Biologist	Brian Hayes	bshayes@usgs.gov	541-273-8689 Ext: 201
Chief - Fish Health Section	Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.	phershberger@usgs.gov	360-385-1007 Ext: 225
Biological Science Technician	Marshal S Hoy	mhoy@usgs.gov	206-526-6282 Ext: 2069
Klamath Senior Science Advisor, Acting Oregon Water Science Center Director	Eric Janney	ecjanney@usgs.gov	541-273-8689 Ext: 202
Fish Biologist	Ian Jezorek	ijezorek@usgs.gov	509-538-2908
Fish Biologist	Rachelle C. Johnson, Ph.D.	rachellejohnson@usgs.gov	206-526-6560
Administrative Officer	Michael C. Kelley	mkelley@usgs.gov
Supervisory Research Fish Biologist	Tobias J Kock	tkock@usgs.gov	509-538-2915
Research Fish Biologist	Jacob Krause, Ph.D.	jrkrause@usgs.gov	541-273-8689
Research Microbiologist	Gael Kurath, Ph.D.	gkurath@usgs.gov	206-526-6583
Fish Biologist	Kimberly Larsen	kalarsen@usgs.gov	206-526-2539
Biological Science Technician	Brad Liedtke	bliedtke@usgs.gov	509-538-2974
Data Management Specialist	Ashley H. MacKenzie	amackenzie@usgs.gov	360-385-1007 Ext: 222
Fish Biologist	Joseph Mitchell Morse	jmmorse@usgs.gov
Budget Analyst	Chelsea E. Mouton	cmouton@usgs.gov
Research Fish Biologist	Carl Ostberg, Ph.D.	costberg@usgs.gov	206-526-2535
Quantitative Biologist	David J Paez, Ph.D.	dpaez@usgs.gov	360-385-1007 Ext: 221
Research Fish Biologist	Russell Perry, Ph.D.	rperry@usgs.gov	509-538-2942
Research Fish Biologist	John Plumb, Ph.D.	jplumb@usgs.gov	509-538-2903
Research Statistician (Biology)	Adam Pope	apope@usgs.gov	509-538-2916
Fish Biologist	Christopher Pullano	cpullano@usgs.gov	509-538-2990
Biological Science Technician	Ramona Rapp	rrapp@usgs.gov
Management and Program Analyst	Rachel Reagan	rreagan@usgs.gov	509-538-2914
Fish Biologist	Tobyn Rhodes	trhodes@usgs.gov	509-758-3311
Fish Biologist	Steve Rubin	srubin@usgs.gov	206-526-2533
Center Director	Michael William Schmidt	mwschmidt@usgs.gov	206-526-6291
Biologist	Prarthana Shankar, Ph.D.	pshankar@usgs.gov	206-526-6591
Fish Biologist	Matthew Sholtis	msholtis@usgs.gov	509-538-2905
Fish Biologist	Collin D. Smith	cdsmith@usgs.gov	509-538-2919
Biological Science Technician	Jamie M Sprando	jsprando@usgs.gov	509-538-2984
Fish Biologist	Karl Stenberg	kstenberg@usgs.gov	206-526-2041
Fish Biologist	Caitlin L Stockwell	cstockwell@usgs.gov
Biological Science Technician	Ryan Tomka	rtomka@usgs.gov	509-538-2902
Scientist Emeritus	Stephen (Steve) McIntosh Waste, Ph.D.	swaste@usgs.gov	503-705-9532
Biological Science Technician	Lisa Weiland	lweiland@usgs.gov	509-538-2946
Fishery Biologist	Lisa A. Wetzel	lwetzel@usgs.gov	206-526-2538
Research Microbiologist, Emeritus	James Winton, Ph.D.	jwinton@usgs.gov	206-526-6587