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Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Emily M. Fort

Acting Deputy Chief, National CASC
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Phone
703-648-4082

T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D.

Chief, National CASC
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Phone
571-265-4623

Shawn L Carter, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, National CASC
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Phone
703-648-4085

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Acting Director, North Central CASC Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, PhD abamzai@usgs.gov 970-889-1231
Chief, National CASC T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. dbeard@usgs.gov 571-265-4623
Data Scientist, National CASC Michiko Squires Beauchamp msquires@usgs.gov
Budget Analyst, National CASC Ashley Bell ashleybell@usgs.gov
(Acting) Regional Science Advisor for Latin America, Caribbean, and Canada (Western Hemisphere) Gustavo Bisbal, Ph.D. gbisbal@usgs.gov 541-224-4761
Deputy Director, Southeast CASC Ryan Boyles, Ph.D. rboyles@usgs.gov 919-513-2816
Data Scientist, National CASC Ellen Brown ellenbrown@usgs.gov
Data Scientist, National CASC Sarah Burton sburton@usgs.gov
Research Physical Scientist Kristin Byrd, Ph.D. kbyrd@usgs.gov 650-439-2279
Senior Aide to the Chief, National CASC Isabella Caltabiano icaltabiano@usgs.gov
Senior Scientist, National CASC Shawn L Carter, Ph.D. scarter@usgs.gov 703-648-4085
Science Coordinator, Southeast CASC Jennifer M Cartwright, Ph.D. jmcart@usgs.gov 615-837-4752
Program & Management Analyst, National CASC Holly Chandler hchandler@usgs.gov 406-207-9500
Administrative Operations Assistant Jien Cheng jcheng@usgs.gov
Biologist, NC CASC Tony Ciocco aciocco@usgs.gov
Administrative Operations Assistant Ashley Conrad aconrad@usgs.gov
Deputy Chief, National CASC Janet A Cushing jcushing@usgs.gov 571-524-4636
Center Director, Northwest CASC Nicole M. DeCrappeo, Ph.D. ndecrappeo@usgs.gov 541-750-1021
Biologist, National CASC Kristen E. Donahue kdonahue@usgs.gov 703-648-4087
Office Automation Clerk, National CASC Lauren E Dubrow ldubrow@usgs.gov 703-648-4089
Research Ecologist, Southeast CASC Mitchell J Eaton, Ph.D. meaton@usgs.gov 919-515-8640
Research Fish Biologist Holly Embke, PhD hembke@usgs.gov 703-648-5953
Deputy Director Exercising the Authority of the Director of the Southwest CASC Carolyn Enquist, Ph.D. cenquist@usgs.gov 520-260-7761
Acting Director, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center William H Farmer, Ph.D. wfarmer@usgs.gov 303-236-4981
Acting Deputy Chief, National CASC Emily M. Fort efort@usgs.gov 703-648-4082
Research Coordinator, Northwest CASC Elizabeth Glenn, Ph.D. eglenn@usgs.gov 541-750-1022
Center Director, Alaska CASC Stephen Gray, Ph.D. sgray@usgs.gov 907-301-7830
Program Analyst, National CASC Nadine J. Hartke nhartke@usgs.gov 703-648-4607
Senior Liaison for Insular Relations, National CASC David Helweg, Ph.D. dhelweg@usgs.gov 808-342-7606
Climate Justice Lead Alessandra Jerolleman, PhD, MPA, CFM ajerolleman@usgs.gov 504-402-1745
Center Director, Pacific Islands CASCs Mari-Vaughn Johnson, Ph.D. mvjohnson@usgs.gov 808-208-3142
Acting Deputy Director & Science Coordinator, Pacific Islands CASC Heather Kerkering hkerkering@usgs.gov 808-956-2872
Deputy Director Exercising the Authority of the Director of the South Central CASC Michael Langston, Ph.D. mlangston@usgs.gov 405-325-0664
Acting Director, Midwest CASC Olivia LeDee, Ph.D. oledee@usgs.gov 651-649-5033
Research Ecologist, Alaska CASC Jeremy Littell, Ph.D. jlittell@usgs.gov 907-360-9416
Research Fish Biologist, National CASC Abigail J. Lynch, Ph.D. ajlynch@usgs.gov 703-648-4097
Ecologist, Midwest CASC Marta Lyons, Ph.D. mlyons@usgs.gov 612-437-9769
Biologist, National CASC Katherine C. Malpeli kmalpeli@usgs.gov 919-896-5029
Research Ecologist, North Central CASC Brian W Miller, Ph.D. bwmiller@usgs.gov 970-889-1272
Research Ecologist, Northeast CASC Toni Lyn Morelli, Ph.D. tmorelli@usgs.gov 413-545-2515
Biologist, National CASC Mari Angel Rodriguez marodriguez@usgs.gov
National Science Lead, National CASC Madeleine Rubenstein mrubenstein@usgs.gov 703-648-4072
Outreach Biologist, Pacific Islands CASC Emily Sesno esesno@usgs.gov
Center Director, Southeast CASC Katherine Smith, Ph.D. katherinesmith@usgs.gov 828-200-4885
Science Coordinator, Northeast CASC Michelle Staudinger, Ph.D. mstaudinger@usgs.gov 413-577-1318
Research Ecologist, Southeast CASC Adam Terando, Ph.D. aterando@usgs.gov 919-515-4448
Research Ecologist, National CASC Laura Thompson, Ph.D. lthompson@usgs.gov 703-648-4083
Administrative Operations Assistant, National CASC Jana Thornley jthornley@usgs.gov 703-648-4081
Partnerships Ecologist Lindsey Thurman, Ph.D. lthurman@usgs.gov 406-994-7833
Science Applications Coordinator, Alaska CASC Ryan Toohey, Ph.D. rtoohey@usgs.gov 907-865-7802
Biologist, National CASC Jackson B. Valler jvaller@usgs.gov
Biologist, National CASC Elda Varela Minder evarelaminder@usgs.gov 801-908-5009
Biologist, National CASC Sarah Weiskopf sweiskopf@usgs.gov 703-648-4073
Senior Physical Scientist Zhiliang Zhu, Ph.D. zzhu@usgs.gov 703-648-4243