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Below is the staff of the Ecosystems Mission Area.

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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

Outreach Coordinator
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
406-994-7257

Sally House

Public Affairs Specialist
Ecosystems Mission Area

Melanie Steinkamp

Species Management Program Coordinator
Ecosystems Mission Area
Phone
703-261-3128

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

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Administrative Officer Karl Ellcessor kellcessor@usgs.gov 701-368-8199
Administrative Officer Shana Coulby scoulby@usgs.gov 703-648-4361
Administrative Operations Assistant Jennifer Kapp jkapp@usgs.gov 701-253-5500
Administrative Operations Assistant Marlie E Desarmes mdesarmes@usgs.gov 701-840-5297
Administrative Program Assistant Sumina Pokharel spokharel@usgs.gov (703) 648-4264
Aquatic Invasive Species Program Manager Patrick M Kocovsky pkocovsky@usgs.gov 571-205-1487
Associate Director Anne Kinsinger akinsinger@usgs.gov 703-648-4051
Associate Director for Studies Douglas L. Moyer dlmoyer@usgs.gov 804-261-2634
Biological Science Technician Thomas Buhl tbuhl@usgs.gov 701-253-5530
Biological Threats & Invasive Species Research Program Coordinator Cynthia Tam ctam@usgs.gov 703-648-4023
Biologist Mark Roth mroth@usgs.gov 608-781-6306
Biologist Jacob Meier jmeier@usgs.gov 701-253-5580
Biologist Garrett MacDonald gmacdonald@usgs.gov 701-253-5540
Biologist Andrew Strassman astrassman@usgs.gov 608-781-6386
Biologist Andrea Fritts, PhD afritts@usgs.gov 608-781-6284
Biologist Megan Ring mring@usgs.gov 701-320-3884
Biologist Chad R. Zirbel, PhD czirbel@usgs.gov 701-253-5500
Biologist Jennifer McClain-Counts jmcclaincounts@usgs.gov 352-264-3578
Biosurveillance Network Coordinator James J. English, Ph.D jjenglish@usgs.gov 571-271-4195
Budget Analyst Nancy Pranke npranke@usgs.gov 701-253-5554
Center Director Robert Gleason rgleason@usgs.gov 701-368-9026
Center Director Jon Amberg, PhD jamberg@usgs.gov 608-781-6322
Chemist Justin R Schueller jschueller@usgs.gov 608-881-6340
Chief - Climate and Land-use Branch Amy J. Symstad, PhD asymstad@usgs.gov 605-745-1191
Chief - Spatial and Ecological Analytics Branch Max Post van der Burg, PhD maxpostvanderburg@usgs.gov 701-253-5574
Chief - Wildlife and Ecosystems Branch Michael Anteau, PhD manteau@usgs.gov 701-368-9792
Chief of Staff Linda Weir lweir@usgs.gov 703-648-4052
Chief, Geospatial Sciences and Technologies Branch Jennifer J Dieck jdieck@usgs.gov 608-781-6382
Deputy Associate Director Paul Wagner pwagner@usgs.gov 703-648-4034
Deputy Center Director Robert Reed reedr@usgs.gov 808-313-1041
Deputy Center Director Mark Sherfy msherfy@usgs.gov 701-253-5504
Ecologist Rebecca Finger-Higgens, Ph.D. rfinger-higgens@usgs.gov
Ecologist Brian Tangen btangen@usgs.gov 402-328-4134
Ecologist Dustin Toy dtoy@usgs.gov 701-368-1870
Ecologist Jill Shaffer jshaffer@usgs.gov 701-253-5547
Ecosystems Mission Area IACUC Administrator Guelaguetza Vazquez-Meves gvazquez-meves@usgs.gov 703-648-4064
Energy & Wildlife Program Specialist Mona Khalil, Ph.D. mkhalil@usgs.gov
Environmental Health Deputy Program Coordinator Timothy Reilly tjreilly@usgs.gov 609-771-3962
Environments Program Manager Lianne Ball, Ph.D. lball@usgs.gov 703-648-4028
Facilities Manager Bryan Wolla bwolla@usgs.gov 701-269-7006
Fisheries Program Manager Dave Hu dhu@usgs.gov 703-648-4098
Geneticist Chris M Merkes cmerkes@usgs.gov 608-781-6316
Geographer Audrey Lothspeich alothspeich@usgs.gov 218-839-9055
GIS Specialist William Sands wsands@usgs.gov 701-253-5526
Hydrologist Michael T Wright mtwright@usgs.gov 619-225-6120
Hydrologist Saira Haider shaider@usgs.gov 954-377-5985
Information Specialist Dawn Childs dchilds@usgs.gov
Information Technology Specialist Makani E. Miller makanimiller@usgs.gov 808-985-6422
IT Specialist Joseph Woiwode jwoiwode@usgs.gov
IT Specialist David Cunningham dcunningham@usgs.gov 701-269-8933
IT Specialist Mike Caucutt mcaucutt@usgs.gov 608-781-6345
Laborer/Custodian Judy Lundgren jlundgren@usgs.gov 701-368-8733
Land Management Program Manager Claudia Mengelt, PhD cmengelt@usgs.gov 571-329-6661
Landscape Program Coordinator Zachary H Bowen, Ph.D. bowenz@usgs.gov 970-226-9218
Maintenance Worker Josh Wheeler jwheeler@usgs.gov 701-269-0409
Maintenance Worker Chris Zinke czinke@usgs.gov 701-269-0410
Management Analyst April Zimney azimney@usgs.gov 701-368-1588
Management Analyst Amanda Gelsomin agelsomin@usgs.gov 703-648-4266
Outreach Coordinator Suzanna Soileau ssoileau@usgs.gov 406-994-7257
Physical Scientist Natalie R Wilson nrwilson@usgs.gov 520-670-5517
Physical Scientist Madeline Martin mtmartin@usgs.gov 202-213-8603
Physical Scientist Molly E Huber mhuber@usgs.gov 703-648-6951
Program Coordinator Rip Shively rsshively@usgs.gov
Program Coordinator Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, PhD asutton-grier@usgs.gov 703-261-5258
Programs and Partnerships Coordinator Caroline E. Murphy, AWB® cemurphy@usgs.gov 703-817-6696
Public Affairs Specialist Sally House shouse@usgs.gov
RAMPS Coordinator Laura Shriver lshriver@usgs.gov (928) 556-7010
Research Ecologist Kyle I McLean, PhD kmclean@usgs.gov 701-253-5539
Research Ecologist Owen McKenna, PhD omckenna@usgs.gov 701-253-5527
Research Ecologist Molly Van Appledorn, PhD mvanappledorn@usgs.gov 608-781-6323
Research Ecologist Lawrence Igl, PhD ligl@usgs.gov 701-269-9918
Research Ecologist David Fulton, PhD dcf@usgs.gov 612-625-5256
Research Ecologist Sarah N. Sells, PhD ssells@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist Matthew Falcy, PhD mfalcy@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist Kristen Ellis, PhD kellis@usgs.gov 701-253-5505
Research Ecologist Rose J. Swift, PhD rswift@usgs.gov 701-253-5506
Research Ecologist Sheel Bansal, PhD sbansal@usgs.gov 701-368-0222
Research Ecologist Jonathan J. Spurgeon, PhD jspurgeon@usgs.gov (573) 291-1009
Research Ecologist Lillian T. Raz, PhD ltuttleraz@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist Helen Sofaer hsofaer@usgs.gov 808-985-6444
Research Ecologist Jeff Houser, PhD jhouser@usgs.gov 608-781-6262
Research Ecologist Jay A VonBank, PhD jvonbank@usgs.gov 701-368-0177
Research Ecologist Clint Otto, PhD cotto@usgs.gov 701-368-9028
Research Ecologist Richard Erickson, PhD rerickson@usgs.gov 608-783-6451
Research Ecologist Tammy L. Wilson, PhD tlwilson@usgs.gov 435-881-9151
Research Ecologist Christina A. Murphy, PhD camurphy@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist Christian Che-Castaldo, PhD cche-castaldo@usgs.gov 608-264-0809
Research Ecologist Brian Gerber, PhD bgerber@usgs.gov 970-491-1415
Research Ecologist Kasey Pregler, PhD kpregler@usgs.gov 575-646-8126
Research Ecologist Melanie Davis, PhD melaniedavis@usgs.gov 614-519-3107
Research Fish Biologist Corey G. Dunn, PhD cdunn@usgs.gov
Research Fish Biologist Michael J. Moore, PhD mmoore@usgs.gov
Research Fish Biologist Lynn Waterhouse, PhD lwaterhouse@usgs.gov
Research Fish Biologist Chad Teal, PhD cteal@usgs.gov 435-797-7565
Research Fish Biologist Nicholas Som, PhD nsom@usgs.gov 707- 826 -5645
Research Hydrologist Andrea Tokranov atokranov@usgs.gov 508-490-5017
Research Physical Scientist Kristin Byrd, Ph.D. kbyrd@usgs.gov 650-439-2279
Research Soil Scientist Mark P Waldrop, Ph.D. mwaldrop@usgs.gov
Research Statistician Emeritus Douglas Johnson douglas_h_johnson@usgs.gov 612-624-4716
Research Widlife Biologist Daniel Sullins, PhD dsullins@usgs.gov 785-532-1405
Research Wildlife Biologist Glen Sargeant gsargeant@usgs.gov 701-253-5528
Research Wildlife Biologist Conor McGowan, PhD cmcgowan@usgs.gov 334-844-9231
Research Wildlife Biologist Bob Klaver, PhD bklaver@usgs.gov 515-294-7639
Research Wildlife Biologist Courtney Conway, PhD cconway@usgs.gov 208-885-6176
Research Wildlife Biologist David Andersen, PhD dea@usgs.gov 612-626-1222
Research Wildlife Biologist Grace V. DiRenzo, PhD gdirenzo@usgs.gov 413-545-4888
Research Wildlife Biologist Mark Ford, PhD wford@usgs.gov 540-231-5927
Research Wildlife Biologist Ryan C Burner, PhD rburner@usgs.gov 608-781-6203
Research Wildlife Biologist David Ausband, PhD dausband@usgs.gov
Research Wildlife Biologist Drew N. Fowler, PhD dfowler@usgs.gov
Research Wildlife Biologist Terri Donovan, PhD tdonovan@usgs.gov 802-656-2516
Research Wildlife Biologist Diane Larson, PhD dlarson@usgs.gov
Research Wildlife Biologist Aaron Pearse, PhD apearse@usgs.gov 701-253-5509
Research Wildlife Biologist Sarah A Sonsthagen, PhD ssonsthagen@usgs.gov 402-472-0449
Research Wildlife Biologist Matthew Kauffman, PhD mkauffman@usgs.gov 307-766-6404
Research Wildlife Biologist Tristan Nuñez, PhD tnunez@usgs.gov 207-581-2915
Research Wildlife Biologist Nathan J Hostetter, PhD nhostetter@usgs.gov
Research Wildlife Biologist Brett A. DeGregorio, PhD bdegregorio@usgs.gov
Research Wildlife Biologist Abby Powell, PhD abby_powell@usgs.gov 352-846-0543
Sagebrush Ecosystem Specialist Lief Wiechman lwiechman@usgs.gov 970-237-2764
Science Advisor Patricia R Bright pbright@usgs.gov 703 992-5073
Scientist Emeritus Larry Strong lstrong@usgs.gov 701-253-5500
Scientist Emeritus Jeffrey Spendelow, Ph.D. jspendelow@usgs.gov 301-497-5665
Scientist Emeritus Gary Krapu, PhD gkrapu@usgs.gov
Senior Administrator, National CASC T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. dbeard@usgs.gov 571-265-4623
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
Senior Program Biologist Don Dennerline, PhD ddennerline@usgs.gov 706-705-6042
Senior Program Officer Tina Licari tlicari@usgs.gov
Senior Research Scientist David Mech, PhD david_mech@usgs.gov 651-647-0408
Senior Science Advisor Jake F. Weltzin jweltzin@usgs.gov 970-226-9239
Species Management Program Coordinator Melanie Steinkamp msteinkamp@usgs.gov 703-261-3128
Statistician Deborah Buhl dbuhl@usgs.gov 701-253-5532
Statistician Emeritus Wesley Newton wnewton@usgs.gov
Statistician Emeritus Terry Shaffer tshaffer@usgs.gov
Supervisory Biologist Cyndy Loftin, PhD cyndy_loftin@usgs.gov 207-581-2843
Supervisory Biologist Kevin Whalen, PhD kwhalen@usgs.gov 703-269-7711
Terrestrial Invasive Species Program Manager Paul Heimowitz pheimowitz@usgs.gov 703-295-2638
Wildland Fire Science Coordinator Paul Steblein psteblein@usgs.gov 703-648-6895
Wildlife Biologist David Brandt dbrandt@usgs.gov 701-253-5535
Wildlife Biologist Matthew Solensky msolensky@usgs.gov 701-253-5503
Wildlife Disease Specialist M. Camille Hopkins, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM mchopkins@usgs.gov 703-648-4019
Wildlife Program Manager Mark Wimer mwimer@usgs.gov 703-648-4054