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Mark Marvin-DiPasquale, PhD

Dr. Marvin-DiPasquale is a Research Microbiologist for the USGS Water Resources Mission Area.

A native of Rochester NY, Dr. Marvin-DiPasquale is Project Chief of the USGS-Earth Systems Processes Divison (ESPD) effort "“Biogeochemical Cycling at Regional Scales”. He completed a B.S. in Chemistry at SUNY StonyBrook in 1987, and a Ph.D. in 1995 from University of Maryland, Marine and Estuarine Environmental Science Program, with a focus on the microbial ecology of Chesapeake Bay sediments. He began a career at USGS (Menlo Park, CA) as a ‘National Research Council’ post-doc in 1995, and became a Project Chief in 2004. During much of his USGS tenure, his research focus has been on mercury cycling in various ecosystems, including: the San Francisco Bay watershed and associated mining areas throughout CA; FL Everglades;  Carson River, NV (mercury Superfund site); coastal Louisiana; Pategonia region of Argentina; Puget Sound, WA; USGS-NAWQA and USGS-WEBB Study Units in OR, FL, WI, SC,  NY, CO, GA, PR, and VT.

 

Education

  • State University of N.Y., Stony Brook, NY. 1985‑87. B.S., Chemistry.
  • University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD. 1987-95. Ph.D., Marine and Estuarine Environmental Sciences. Research Focus: Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry

Professional Experience

  • National Research Council Associate, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1995-1998.
  • Research Term Appointment, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1998-2001.
  • Microbial Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 2001-2004.
  • Project Chief, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 2004-present.

Research Interests:  microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, estuarine and freshwater ecology, mercury and other trace metal biogoechemisty

Professional Society Memberships (past & current)

 Amer. Chem. Soc.; Amer. Geophysical Union; Amer. Soc. Limnology and Oceanography; Amer. Soc. Microbiology; Californian Estuarine Research Soc.; Estuarine Research Federation