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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.

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Michael William Schmidt

Center Director
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
206-526-6291

Eric Janney

Deputy Center Director
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
541-273-8689
Ext
202

David A. Beauchamp, Ph.D.

Chief-Ecology Section
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
206-526-6596

Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.

Chief - Fish Health Section
Western Fisheries Research Center
Station Leader
Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)
Phone
360-385-1007
Ext
225

Stephen (Steve) Waste, Ph.D.

Laboratory Director, Columbia River Research Laboratory
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
509-538-2936

Jacob Krause, Ph.D.

Research Fish Biologist
Western Fisheries Research Center
Lead Scientist
Klamath Falls Field Station (KFFS)
Phone
541-273-8689

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist John Allen jsallen@usgs.gov 206-526-6564
Biologist William N Batts bbatts@usgs.gov 206-526-2289
Maintenance Mechanic John W. Beal jbeal@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 226
Chief-Ecology Section David A. Beauchamp, Ph.D. fadave@usgs.gov 206-526-6596
Fish Biologist Scott L. Benson slbenson@usgs.gov 509-758-3311
Fish Biologist Bradley Bickford bbickford@usgs.gov 509-758-3311
Fish Biologist Summer Burdick sburdick@usgs.gov 509-538-2991
Fish Biologist John M Caldwell jmcaldwell@usgs.gov 541-273-8689
Microbiologist Dorothy Chase dchase@usgs.gov 206-526-2040
Administrative Assistant Meaghan Cheney mpcheney@usgs.gov 541-273-8689
Ext: 210
Biological Science Technician Tessa Code tcode@usgs.gov 206-526-2040
Research Fish Biologist Emeritus Patrick Connolly, Ph.D. pconnolly@usgs.gov 509-538-2969
Biological Science Laboratory Technician (Microbiology) Carla M Conway cmconway@usgs.gov 206-526-2042
Research Fish Biologist Timothy Counihan tcounihan@usgs.gov 509-538-2981
Biological Science Technician Ellie Dalsky edalsky@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 Eveline (Evi) Emmenegger eemmenegger@usgs.gov 206-526-2276
Electronics Technician Scott Evans sdevans@usgs.gov 509-538-2910
Biological Science Technician (Fisheries) Shayla S. Ferreiro-Luce sferreiro-luce@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 224
IT Specialist (Sysanalysis) Barbara Gee bgee@usgs.gov 509-538-2929
Administrative Operations Assistant Sylvia R. Gholson sgholson@usgs.gov 206-526-2521
Biological Science Technician (Fisheries) Courtney Grady cgrady@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 227
Computational Biologist Justin Greer, Ph.D. jgreer@usgs.gov 206-526-2055
Fish Biologist Jacob Gregg jgregg@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 223
Research Statistician (Biology) Dalton Hance dhance@usgs.gov 509-538-2299
Electronics Technician Philip Haner phaner@usgs.gov 509-538-2937
Fish Biologist Amy C Hansen achansen@usgs.gov 509-538-2911
Research Immunologist John Hansen, Ph.D. jhansen@usgs.gov 206-526-6588
Biological Science Technician Gabriel Hansen ghansen@usgs.gov 509-538-2961
Fish Biologist Jill Hardiman jhardiman@usgs.gov 509-538-2906
Budget Analyst Jennifer Harlan jharlan@usgs.gov 509-538-2983
Research Biogeographer James Hatten jhatten@usgs.gov 509-538-2932
Fish Biologist Tyson Hatton thatton@usgs.gov 509-538-2990
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 Laboratory Technician Marshal Hoy mhoy@usgs.gov 206-526-2068
Facility Operations Specialist Robert (Rob) Jackson rljackson@usgs.gov 206-526-2058
Deputy Center Director Eric Janney ecjanney@usgs.gov 541-273-8689
Ext: 202
Biological Science Technician Benjamin L Jensen bljensen@usgs.gov 206-526-2067
Fish Biologist Ian Jezorek ijezorek@usgs.gov 509-538-2908
Maintenance Mechanic Eric E. Johnson, Licensed Journeyman HVAC/R Technician, AAS eejohnson@usgs.gov 206-526-2058
Fish Biologist Rachelle C. Johnson, Ph.D. rachellejohnson@usgs.gov 206-526-6560
Administrative Officer Michael C. Kelley mkelley@usgs.gov
Fish Biologist Jake Kelley jrkelley@usgs.gov 509-538-2909
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
Supervisor - IT Specialist (SysAnalysis) Phong La pla@usgs.gov 206-526-2525
Fish Biologist Kimberly Larsen kalarsen@usgs.gov 206-526-2539
Research Fish Biologist Theresa "Marty" Liedtke tliedtke@usgs.gov 509-538-2963
Biological Science Technician Brad Liedtke bliedtke@usgs.gov 509-538-2974
Research Fish Biologist Jan Lovy, Ph.D. jlovy@usgs.gov 206-526-6589
IT Specialist (Customer Support) Tyler D. Lown tlown@usgs.gov
Biologist Ashley H. MacKenzie amackenzie@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 222
Fish Biologist Carolyn Malecha cmalecha@usgs.gov 541-273-8689
Biological Science Technician Georgia Martin gmartin@usgs.gov 509-538-2943
Fish Biologist Barbara Martin Barbara_ann_martin@usgs.gov 541-273-8689
Ext: 216
Research Physiologist Emeritus Alec Maule, Ph.D. amaule@usgs.gov 509-538-2929
Budget Analyst Chelsea E. Mouton cmouton@usgs.gov
Laboratory Worker Penny Orr porr@usgs.gov 206-526-2064
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
Biological Science Technician Rachael Paul-Wilson rpaul-wilson@usgs.gov 541-273-8689
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
IT (Systems Administration) Dennis Powers dmpowers@usgs.gov 971-438-6554
Biologist (Communications and Outreach Coordinator) 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
Fish Biologist Karl Stenberg kstenberg@usgs.gov 206-526-2041
Biological Science Technician Nicholas Swyers nswyers@usgs.gov 509-538-2925
Research Fish Biologist Kenneth Tiffan ktiffan@usgs.gov 509-538-2972
Biological Science Technician Ryan Tomka rtomka@usgs.gov 509-538-2902
Laboratory Director, Columbia River Research Laboratory Stephen (Steve) Waste, Ph.D. swaste@usgs.gov 509-538-2936
Biological Science Technician Lisa Weiland lweiland@usgs.gov 509-538-2946
Fish Biologist Lisa Wetzel lwetzel@usgs.gov 206-526-2538
Research Microbiologist, Emeritus James Winton, Ph.D. jwinton@usgs.gov 206-526-6587