Lisa Carper
Biography
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
Experience
- Physical Scientist, New Jersey Water Science Center, 2008 - current
- Intern, Master Well Owner Network, Penn State Extension Office, 2007
Education
- 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, 2009
Science and Products
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.
Coastal communities are uniquely vulnerable to sea-level rise (SLR) and severe storms such as hurricanes. These events enhance the dispersion and concentration of natural and anthropogenic chemicals and pathogenic microorganisms that could adversely affect the health and resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems in coming years. The U.S. Geological Survey has developed the Sediment-Bou...
Estuarine bed-sediment-quality data collected in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy, 2013
This report describes a reconnaissance study of estuarine bed-sediment quality conducted June–October 2013 in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 to assess the extent of contamination and the potential long-term human and ecological impacts of the storm. The study, funded through the Disaster Relief Appropriations...
Fischer, Jeffrey M.; Phillips, Patrick J.; Reilly, Timothy J.; Focazio, Michael J.; Loftin, Keith A.; Benzel, William M.; Jones, Daniel K.; Smalling, Kelly L.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Fisher, Irene J.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Romanok, Kristin M.; Jenkins, Darkus E.; Bowers, Luke; Boehlke, Adam; Foreman, William T.; Deetz, Anna C.; Carper, Lisa G.; Imbrigiotta, Thomas E.; Birdwell, Justin E.