Amy M Russell
Amy Russell is the Associate Director for Science for the USGS, Central Midwest Water Science Center, in the Rolla, Missouri office.
As Associate Director for Science, Amy oversees investigative studies conducted within the Center's six science sections: Fluvial Mechanics and Geomorphology, Groundwater and Geophysics, Nutrient and Sediment Interactions, Statistical Hydrology and Water Availability, Surface Water Hydraulics and Modeling, and Water Quality and Environmental Health. Amy is a licensed professional engineer with demonstrated success leading water resource investigations in cooperation with various federal, state, and local government agencies, universities, non-governmental organizations and other USGS Science Centers.
Most recently Amy supervised and expanded the Statistical Hydrology and Water Availability Section of the CMWSC, overseeing a diverse portfolio of projects with an emphasis on process-based or statistical modeling and analyses to investigate water quantity, quality, and use at local, regional, and national scales.
Prior to joining the USGS in 2015, Amy was a hydrologist at the Illinois State Water Survey, where her research experience included watershed monitoring; analysis of streamflow records for water supply studies including development of regional regression equations; assessments of watershed and lake hydrology; bathymetric and sedimentation surveys; evaluation of load estimation techniques; and development of websites, databases, and custom software applications to disseminate data and technical analyses to water resource managers.
