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Suzanna is the Outreach Coordinator for the USGS Geology, Energy and Minerals Mission Area where she provides coordination and develops outreach strategies to increase the effectiveness of the Mission Area and its Programs' activities and products.
Background
Suzanna's professional interest is in relaying technical scientific information in a manner that enables all audiences to gain understanding in science that supports natural resource decision-making. She also enjoys working with and leading teams on interdisciplinary projects and efforts.
Previously, Suzanna was with the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (2018 - 2025) where she served as an Interdisciplinary Physical Scientist and Outreach Coordinator leading bureau-wide outreach coordination and developing audience specific outreach strategies and products. She also served as a Mission Area Tribal Relations Advisor. Suzanna began her USGS career at the USGS-Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (2009 - 2018) where her primary duties included outreach and communication of Center science activities, website management and development, technical editing, and served as the Public Information Officer for the Center.
Prior to USGS, Suzanna worked as a Water Quality Research Associate and Education Coordinator in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University. During this time, she implemented water quality monitoring projects and completed field studies and community outreach on topics such as coalbed methane produced waters and agricultural pharmaceutical residues in surface and ground water. She also worked for the Montana Department of Agriculture as a Chemist in the state’s analytical laboratory and spent three seasons with the National Park Service as an interpretive ranger in Grand Teton National Park.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar; audio described version. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar; audio described version. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Audio described presentation. Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
Audio described presentation. Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.
One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
Welcome to the “I Am A(n)..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.
Welcome to the “I Am A(n)..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.
Welcome to the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area Outstanding in the Field podcast series that tells stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
Welcome to the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area Outstanding in the Field podcast series that tells stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
Welcome to another episode of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. We highlight our fun and fascinating fieldwork studying ecosystems across the country. Today we’ll be discussing tiny communities that are found on the surface of the soil in the harsh environments of cold and hot deserts.
Welcome to another episode of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. We highlight our fun and fascinating fieldwork studying ecosystems across the country. Today we’ll be discussing tiny communities that are found on the surface of the soil in the harsh environments of cold and hot deserts.
This is the first in a special edition of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. In this series we will be highlighting stories from the Alaska Voices podcast, a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
This is the first in a special edition of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. In this series we will be highlighting stories from the Alaska Voices podcast, a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we take you to the swamps and coastal wetlands of Louisiana, the land of bayous and beignets and a state with one of the most dynamic coastlines in the United States. The wetlands that make up the Louisiana coast are vast and help protect important cultural and natural resources.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we take you to the swamps and coastal wetlands of Louisiana, the land of bayous and beignets and a state with one of the most dynamic coastlines in the United States. The wetlands that make up the Louisiana coast are vast and help protect important cultural and natural resources.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we are talking about beaches in a place that most people probably would not think of—the Grand Canyon.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we are talking about beaches in a place that most people probably would not think of—the Grand Canyon.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe some of the one-of-a-kind native fish species that call the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River home.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe some of the one-of-a-kind native fish species that call the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River home.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe the USGS’s efforts to track frog populations in the southeast United States.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe the USGS’s efforts to track frog populations in the southeast United States.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
Yellowstone grizzly bears inhabit federal, state, tribal, and private lands, and long-term research requires careful coordination across governmental levels.
Yellowstone grizzly bears inhabit federal, state, tribal, and private lands, and long-term research requires careful coordination across governmental levels.
The Garden Wall Weather Station is situated below the Garden Wall and adjacent to the Haystack Creek avalanche path in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
The Garden Wall Weather Station is situated below the Garden Wall and adjacent to the Haystack Creek avalanche path in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
USGS scientists return from an alpine ecosystem study site in Glacier National Park where they are researching and monitoring potential impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems.
USGS scientists return from an alpine ecosystem study site in Glacier National Park where they are researching and monitoring potential impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems.
USGS Physical Scientist Erich Peitzsch sets up a weather station on Snowslip Mountain in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
USGS Physical Scientist Erich Peitzsch sets up a weather station on Snowslip Mountain in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
USGS scientist shoots a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change. *note – logo on scientists hat is logo from USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, not private.
USGS scientist shoots a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change. *note – logo on scientists hat is logo from USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, not private.
USGS scientist sets up a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change.
USGS scientist sets up a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar; audio described version. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar; audio described version. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Ecosystems Mission Area Friday's Findings webinar. Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change. Presented by Nicole Herman-Mercer, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, on August 23, 2024.
Audio described presentation. Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
Audio described presentation. Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.
One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.
One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
Welcome to the “I Am A(n)..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.
Welcome to the “I Am A(n)..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.
Welcome to the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area Outstanding in the Field podcast series that tells stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
Welcome to the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area Outstanding in the Field podcast series that tells stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
Welcome to another episode of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. We highlight our fun and fascinating fieldwork studying ecosystems across the country. Today we’ll be discussing tiny communities that are found on the surface of the soil in the harsh environments of cold and hot deserts.
Welcome to another episode of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. We highlight our fun and fascinating fieldwork studying ecosystems across the country. Today we’ll be discussing tiny communities that are found on the surface of the soil in the harsh environments of cold and hot deserts.
This is the first in a special edition of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. In this series we will be highlighting stories from the Alaska Voices podcast, a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
This is the first in a special edition of Outstanding in the Field, the U.S. Geological Survey’s podcast series produced by the Ecosystems Mission Area. In this series we will be highlighting stories from the Alaska Voices podcast, a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we take you to the swamps and coastal wetlands of Louisiana, the land of bayous and beignets and a state with one of the most dynamic coastlines in the United States. The wetlands that make up the Louisiana coast are vast and help protect important cultural and natural resources.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we take you to the swamps and coastal wetlands of Louisiana, the land of bayous and beignets and a state with one of the most dynamic coastlines in the United States. The wetlands that make up the Louisiana coast are vast and help protect important cultural and natural resources.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we are talking about beaches in a place that most people probably would not think of—the Grand Canyon.
In this episode of Outstanding in the Field, we are talking about beaches in a place that most people probably would not think of—the Grand Canyon.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe some of the one-of-a-kind native fish species that call the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River home.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe some of the one-of-a-kind native fish species that call the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River home.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe the USGS’s efforts to track frog populations in the southeast United States.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe the USGS’s efforts to track frog populations in the southeast United States.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them.
Yellowstone grizzly bears inhabit federal, state, tribal, and private lands, and long-term research requires careful coordination across governmental levels.
Yellowstone grizzly bears inhabit federal, state, tribal, and private lands, and long-term research requires careful coordination across governmental levels.
The Garden Wall Weather Station is situated below the Garden Wall and adjacent to the Haystack Creek avalanche path in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
The Garden Wall Weather Station is situated below the Garden Wall and adjacent to the Haystack Creek avalanche path in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
USGS scientists return from an alpine ecosystem study site in Glacier National Park where they are researching and monitoring potential impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems.
USGS scientists return from an alpine ecosystem study site in Glacier National Park where they are researching and monitoring potential impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems.
USGS Physical Scientist Erich Peitzsch sets up a weather station on Snowslip Mountain in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
USGS Physical Scientist Erich Peitzsch sets up a weather station on Snowslip Mountain in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.
USGS scientist shoots a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change. *note – logo on scientists hat is logo from USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, not private.
USGS scientist shoots a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change. *note – logo on scientists hat is logo from USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, not private.
USGS scientist sets up a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change.
USGS scientist sets up a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change.
