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Below is the staff of the Ecosystems Mission Area.

Locations

Social Media

Contacts

Anne Kinsinger

Associate Director
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
703-648-4051

Paul Wagner

Deputy Associate Director
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
703-648-4034

Linda Weir

Chief of Staff
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
703-648-4052

Tina Licari

Senior Program Officer
Ecosystems Mission Area

Shirlie A Wise

Senior Management Administrative Officer
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
703-648-5825

Jake F. Weltzin

Senior Science Advisor
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
970-226-9239

Suzanna Soileau, MEd

Outreach Coordinator
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
406-994-7257

Zachary H Bowen, Ph.D.

Landscape Program Coordinator
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
970-226-9218

Cynthia Tam

Biological Threats & Invasive Species Research Program Coordinator
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
703-648-4023

T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D.

Senior Administrator, National CASC
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Phone
571-265-4623

Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, PhD

Program Coordinator
Climate Research and Development Program
Phone
703-261-5258

Rip Shively

Program Coordinator
Environmental Health Program

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Center Director Jon Amberg, PhD jamberg@usgs.gov 608-781-6322
Environments Program Manager Lianne Ball, Ph.D. lball@usgs.gov 703-648-4028
Senior Administrator, National CASC T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. dbeard@usgs.gov 571-265-4623
Landscape Program Coordinator Zachary H Bowen, Ph.D. bowenz@usgs.gov 970-226-9218
Science Advisor Patricia R Bright pbright@usgs.gov 703 992-5073
Research Wildlife Biologist Ryan C Burner, PhD rburner@usgs.gov 608-781-6203
IT Specialist Mike Caucutt mcaucutt@usgs.gov 608-781-6345
Budget and Financial Technician Roberta Chaves rchaves@usgs.gov
Information Specialist Dawn Childs dchilds@usgs.gov
Administrative Officer Shana Coulby scoulby@usgs.gov 703-648-4361
Administrative Program Specialist Brenda Croston brenda_croston@usgs.gov 703-648-4263
Center Director Matt Dekar mdekar@usgs.gov 916-747-8261
Administrative Officer Terrie Delinski tdelinski@usgs.gov 703-648-7649
Senior Program Biologist Don Dennerline, PhD ddennerline@usgs.gov 706-705-6042
Chief, Geospatial Sciences and Technologies Branch Jennifer J Dieck jdieck@usgs.gov 608-781-6382
Biosurveillance Network Coordinator James J. English, Ph.D jjenglish@usgs.gov 571-271-4195
Research Ecologist Richard Erickson, PhD rerickson@usgs.gov 608-783-6451
Biologist Andrea Fritts, PhD afritts@usgs.gov 608-781-6284
Program Analyst Derek Geary dgeary@usgs.gov 703-648-4380
Management Analyst Amanda Gelsomin agelsomin@usgs.gov 703-648-4266
Biologist Katy Goodwin kgoodwin@usgs.gov
Hydrologist Saira Haider shaider@usgs.gov 954-377-5985
Terrestrial Invasive Species Program Manager Paul Heimowitz pheimowitz@usgs.gov 703-295-2638
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist Zack Holcomb zholcomb@usgs.gov 785-832-3558
Wildlife Disease Specialist M. Camille Hopkins, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM mchopkins@usgs.gov 703-648-4019
Research Ecologist Jeff Houser, PhD jhouser@usgs.gov 608-781-6262
Fisheries Program Manager Dave Hu dhu@usgs.gov 703-648-4098
Physical Scientist Molly E Huber mhuber@usgs.gov 703-648-6951
Biologist Elise Irwin, PhD eirwin@usgs.gov 334-703-1663
Research Fish Biologist Deborah D Iwanowicz, PhD diwanowicz@usgs.gov 304-724-4439
Energy & Wildlife Program Specialist Mona Khalil, Ph.D. mkhalil@usgs.gov
Associate Director Anne Kinsinger akinsinger@usgs.gov 703-648-4051
Aquatic Invasive Species Program Manager Patrick M Kocovsky pkocovsky@usgs.gov 571-205-1487
Senior Program Officer Tina Licari tlicari@usgs.gov
Physical Scientist Madeline Martin mtmartin@usgs.gov 202-213-8603
Soil Biogeochemist Toby M Maxwell tmaxwell@usgs.gov
Land Management Program Manager Claudia Mengelt, PhD cmengelt@usgs.gov 571-329-6661
Geneticist Chris M Merkes cmerkes@usgs.gov 608-781-6316
Associate Director for Studies Douglas L. Moyer dlmoyer@usgs.gov 804-261-2634
Programs and Partnerships Coordinator Caroline E. Murphy, AWB® cemurphy@usgs.gov 703-817-6696
Assistant Regional Administrator, Midwest CASC T. Kevin O’Donnell, Ph.D. todonnell@usgs.gov 708-738-8315
Administrative Program Assistant Sumina Pokharel spokharel@usgs.gov (703) 648-4264
Program Manager Charlotte Riggs, PhD criggs@usgs.gov
Biologist Mark Roth mroth@usgs.gov 608-781-6306
Chemist Justin R Schueller jschueller@usgs.gov 608-881-6340
Program Coordinator Rip Shively rsshively@usgs.gov
RAMPS Coordinator Laura Shriver lshriver@usgs.gov (928) 556-7010
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist Brent Sigafus bsigafus@usgs.gov 520-670-6671
Outreach Coordinator Suzanna Soileau, MEd ssoileau@usgs.gov 406-994-7257
Wildland Fire Science Coordinator Paul Steblein psteblein@usgs.gov 703-648-6895
Species Management Program Coordinator Melanie Steinkamp msteinkamp@usgs.gov 703-261-3128
Biologist Andrew Strassman astrassman@usgs.gov 608-781-6386
Program Coordinator Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, PhD asutton-grier@usgs.gov 703-261-5258
Biological Threats & Invasive Species Research Program Coordinator Cynthia Tam ctam@usgs.gov 703-648-4023
Research Hydrologist Andrea Tokranov atokranov@usgs.gov 508-490-5017
Research Ecologist Molly Van Appledorn, PhD mvanappledorn@usgs.gov 608-781-6323
Ecosystems Mission Area IACUC Administrator Guelaguetza Vazquez-Meves gvazquez-meves@usgs.gov 703-648-4064
Deputy Associate Director Paul Wagner pwagner@usgs.gov 703-648-4034
Research Soil Scientist Mark P Waldrop, Ph.D. mwaldrop@usgs.gov
Chief of Staff Linda Weir lweir@usgs.gov 703-648-4052
Senior Science Advisor Jake F. Weltzin jweltzin@usgs.gov 970-226-9239
Sagebrush Ecosystem Specialist Lief Wiechman lwiechman@usgs.gov 970-237-2764
Physical Scientist Natalie R Wilson nrwilson@usgs.gov 520-670-5517
Wildlife Program Manager Mark Wimer mwimer@usgs.gov 703-648-4054
Senior Management Administrative Officer Shirlie A Wise smcmanus@usgs.gov 703-648-5825
Senior Physical Scientist Zhiliang Zhu, Ph.D. zzhu@usgs.gov 703-648-4243
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