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Peer Support Workers of the Alaska Region

By Human Capital

The Peer Support Worker Program was created to promote awareness and provide outreach and education on topics and policies related to anti-harassment, discrimination, biases, and scientific integrity, and is led by the USGS Civility and Inclusion Council. For more information, please contact the Civility and Inclusion Council Chair (Tina Roberts-Ashby).

USGS Alaska Region

Alaska

     Alaska Science Center—Anchorage, AK

          Ryan Toohey, Physical Scientist, rtoohey@usgs.gov, 907-865-7802

Ryan has worked for over 20 years in water resources specializing in interdisciplinary applications of hydrology, water quality, ecosystem services, and governance from the tropics to Alaska.  His current position with the US Geological Survey, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center includes research that involves investigating environmental change, hydrological modeling, and community-based research that integrates Indigenous Knowledge, social, water and soils science.  Over the past 10 years, Ryan has been investigating permafrost dynamics and their relationships to changes in water biogeochemistry of small and large rivers within the Alaskan and Yukon Boreal forest.  Ryan received his PhD in Environmental Science (Hydrology) from University of Idaho and his BSc in Environmental Science (Water Quality) from Western Washington University.  Ryan has served as a Diversity Change Agent since 2014 with the additional role of the Alaska Region Peer Support Worker starting in 2019.