A USGS employee, is performing a sediment sampling on Barnegat Bay, NJ after Super Storm Sandy.
Lisa Carper
Lisa Carper is a Physical Scientist in the New England Water Science Center.
Interests
- Geeking out with gadgets
- Field testing and exploring various sensor technologies to discern environmental patterns
- Surrogate modeling
- Passive samplers
Skills and Experience
- Reconnoitering, engineering, and installation of real-time water-quality monitoring stations
- Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of data loggers and water-quality sensors
- Routine use of multi-parameter sondes and fluorometric and spectrometric sensors for NO3+NO2 as N, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Chlorophyll-a and Phycocyanin
- Surface and ground water-quality discrete sample collection and processing for chemical analyses including nutrients, trace metals, pesticides, low-level mercury, volatile organic compounds, endocrine disrupting compounds and legacy and emerging contaminants
- Records processing according to USGS standards and protocol
- Quality assure water-quality data by performing statistical and technical analyses using R
Recent Projects
- NJ continuous water-quality monitoring network (45 stations)
- Downstream Fate and Transport of Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in the Raritan Basin Water Supply Commission, New Jersey
- Next Generation Water Observing Systems, Delaware River Basin – White Clay Creek Piedmont Basin Sediment Study
Professional Experience
Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 2021 to Present
Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, New Jersey Water Science Center, 2008 to 2021
Intern, Master Well Owner Network, Penn State University Extension Office, 2007
Education and Certifications
M.S. Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2014
B.S. Environmental Resource Management, Minor in Watersheds and Water Resources, Pennsylvania State University
Science and Products
Calibration data and model archive summaries for suspended-sediment, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus concentration surrogate models in York County, Pennsylvania, 2019-2023 (ver. 2.0, May 2024)
Location, sampling methods and field conditions of response-mode soil and sediment sampling stations sampled, Sediment-Bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy pilot study, northeastern United States, 2015
A USGS employee, is performing a sediment sampling on Barnegat Bay, NJ after Super Storm Sandy.
Estuarine bed-sediment-quality data collected in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy, 2013
Science and Products
Calibration data and model archive summaries for suspended-sediment, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus concentration surrogate models in York County, Pennsylvania, 2019-2023 (ver. 2.0, May 2024)
Location, sampling methods and field conditions of response-mode soil and sediment sampling stations sampled, Sediment-Bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy pilot study, northeastern United States, 2015
A USGS employee, is performing a sediment sampling on Barnegat Bay, NJ after Super Storm Sandy.
A USGS employee, is performing a sediment sampling on Barnegat Bay, NJ after Super Storm Sandy.