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Brian Buczkowski

I work on a variety of projects that include developing preservation and management strategies for scientific collections, obtaining and processing geological samples from coastal and marine environments, as well as performing laboratory analyses related to grain size, mineralogy, and sedimentary character.

Brian Buczkowski is the curator of collections for the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center’s (WHCMSC) Samples Repository in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.  This Samples Repository serves as the primary storage location for all geological, biological, and geochemical samples collected through USGS research by, or in the permanent custody of, the WHCMSC. Local storage facilities consist of walk-in refrigerated and frozen cold rooms, ambient temperature storage, as well as an analysis and sampling facility.  Brian also participates in Bureau-wide and interagency groups, such as the British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility (BOSCORF) Advisory Group, USGS Geologic Materials Repository Working Group, and the Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Group, tasked with curating scientific collections as well as developing scientific collections management and preservation solutions.  He also serves as the curator of collections for the United States Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Project, and has provided input and guidance for the development of policy and procedures for access and distribution of physical samples collected as a part of ECS research.

In addition to his duties as curator, Brian also manages the WHCMSC Sediment Analysis Laboratory: a Center-wide resource that performs analyses relating to grain size, mineralogy, and sedimentary character of samples collected by WHCMSC scientists and their partners.  He is also the project manager for the usSEABED Project, contributes to the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, serves as Co-chair of the Collections Steering Committee, and is a member of the Peer Support Worker program.

 

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government