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Sea lampreys in a tank at the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Sea lampreys are a parasitic invasive species in the Great Lakes.

Urban stormwater drains are used to channel runoff from precipitation away from roads for treatment and to prevent flooding. Contaminants in water can also be transported through stormwater systems in rain and snowmelt runoff. 

Suspect screening/non-target analysis is done with LC-HRMS at the Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory (OCRL) in Sacramento, CA.

Photo credit: Michelle Hladik

Scientists travel by raft to collect various samples on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

USGS scientist collects a water-quality sample in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. 

Bumble bees being prepped for pesticide residue analysis at the USGS Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory (OCRL), California.

Water samples are extracted for pesticides at the USGS Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory.

Photo credit: Elisabeth LaBarbera

Long-tailed duck diving for underwater hearing testing in an experimental chamber in which the birds’ diving behavior can be studied under various environmental conditions. 

The USGS Fire, Invasives, Restoration, and Ecology in Sagebrush Steppe (FIREss Team) plants a common garden of rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) near Boise, Idaho in collaboration with USFS.

Co-extracted matrix is removed from biosolids prior to analysis at the USGS Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory (OCRL).

Photo Credit: Gabby Black.

Surf Scoter completing an underwater behavioral hearing test in an experimental chamber in which the birds’ diving behavior can be studied under various environmental conditions. 

USGS scientist Tylor Rosera analyzes dragonfly larvae samples for mercury as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project. 

A USGS scientist analyzes dragonfly larvae samples for mercury as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project. 

The Adélie penguin is a sea-ice obligate species so ocean habitats in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica are crucial during all stages of the species annual cycle.

Two researchers working with an autonomous environmental DNA sampler deployed at the  Bighorn Reservoir in Wyoming.

Monitoring bumble bees and flowering plants in alpine meadows at Glacier National Park, photo by Lindsay Dose (USGS contractor)

Composite image showing five life stages of a Long-tailed duck, from hatch to subadult.

Candling (the process of using light to help determine the quality of an egg) of a grey catbird egg to determine viability.

A USGS scientist collects water quality samples in the Grand Canyon in Arizona. 

Implementing the Seed Strategy creates jobs and provides career-building opportunities for students and early career professionals.

I completed a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 2004, a M.S. in Biology at Purdue at Fort Wayne in 2008, and a PhD in Natural Resources at University of Illinois in 2014.