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Below is the staff of the Ecosystems Mission Area.

Contacts

Cynthia Tam

Biological Threats & Invasive Species Research Program Coordinator, Invasive Carp Program Coordinator, and Acting Species Management Research Program Coordinator
Phone

Paul Heimowitz

Terrestrial and Aquatic (Non-carp) Invasive Species Program Manager
Phone

Dave Hu

Fisheries Program Manager
Phone

Mona Khalil, Ph.D.

Energy & Wildlife Program Specialist

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
Acting Deputy Associate Director Zachary H Bowen, Ph.D. bowenz@usgs.gov 970-226-9218
Research Wildlife Biologist Ryan C Burner, PhD rburner@usgs.gov 608-781-6203
IT Specialist Mike Caucutt mcaucutt@usgs.gov 608-781-6345
Information Specialist Dawn Childs dchilds@usgs.gov
Research Fish Biologist Steve Chipps, PhD steve_chipps@usgs.gov 605-688-5467
Administrative Officer Shana Coulby scoulby@usgs.gov 703-648-4361
Wildland Fire Science Program Coordinator (Acting)/Wildland Fire Science Program Manager Michele Crist mcrist@usgs.gov (208) 985-5354
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
Acting Deputy Chief 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
Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Manager Lisa Reynolds Fogarty lrfogart@usgs.gov 517-648-0174
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
Research Geneticist Caren S Goldberg cgoldberg@usgs.gov
Biologist Katy Goodwin kgoodwin@usgs.gov
Acting Senior Management Officer Hailey A Hehn hhehn@usgs.gov 608-821-3898
Terrestrial and Aquatic (Non-carp) 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
Public Affairs Specialist Sally House shouse@usgs.gov
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
Acting Environmental Health Program Coordinator Deborah D Iwanowicz, PhD diwanowicz@usgs.gov
Energy & Wildlife Program Specialist Mona Khalil, Ph.D. mkhalil@usgs.gov
Biologist, National CASC Katherine Kurth, Ph.D. kkurth@usgs.gov
Acting Chief of Staff Tina Licari tlicari@usgs.gov
Biologist, National CASC Andrew Maguire, Ph.D. amaguire@usgs.gov
Acting Land Management Research Program Coordinator 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 804-404-9094
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Programs and Partnerships Coordinator Caroline E. Murphy, AWB® cemurphy@usgs.gov 703-817-6696
Physical Scientist, National CASC Catherine (Kasia) A. Nikiel, Ph.D. cnikiel@usgs.gov
Assistant Regional Administrator, Midwest CASC T. Kevin O’Donnell, Ph.D. todonnell@usgs.gov 708-738-8315
DoD Liaison Risa Pino rpino@usgs.gov (571) 752-1384
Administrative Program Assistant Sumina Pokharel spokharel@usgs.gov (703) 648-4264
Acting Ecosystems' Land Change Science Program Coordinator 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
Climate Adaptation Service Scientist, Southeast CASC Hailey Shanovich, PhD hshanovich@usgs.gov 763-209-0937
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist Brent Sigafus bsigafus@usgs.gov 520-670-6671
Outreach Coordinator Suzanna Soileau, MEd ssoileau@usgs.gov
Scientist Emeritus Paul Steblein psteblein@usgs.gov
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, Invasive Carp Program Coordinator, and Acting Species Management Research Program Coordinator Cynthia Tam ctam@usgs.gov 703-648-4023
Research Hydrologist Andrea Tokranov atokranov@usgs.gov 508-490-5017
Assistant Regional Administrator, Southwest CASC John C. Tull, Ph.D. jtull@usgs.gov 775-440-7280
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
Acting Associate Director Paul Wagner pwagner@usgs.gov 703-648-4034
Research Soil Scientist Mark P Waldrop, Ph.D. mwaldrop@usgs.gov
Sagebrush Ecosystem Specialist Lief Wiechman lwiechman@usgs.gov 970-237-2764
Physical Scientist Natalie R Wilson nrwilson@usgs.gov 520-670-5517
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