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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:21:13.081790'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/stephen-faulkner
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: faulkners@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem functions
   - ecosystems
   - forest ecosystems
   - wetland ecosystems
   - land use change
   - nonpoint-source pollution
   - water quality
   - natural gas resources
   - natural resource management
   - natural resource extraction
   - soil resources
   - water resources
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Steve Faulkner is a supervisory research ecologist at the Eastern Ecological
     Science Center in Kearneysville, WV.
   name: Stephen Faulkner
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-5295-1383
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc
   organization_name: Eastern Ecological Science Center
   personal_statement: "Growing up exploring the forests of central Maryland led\
     \ him to pursue his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Forestry from Louisiana State University.\
     \ He received his Ph.D. in wetland biogeochemical ecology at Duke University.\
     \ After graduate school, he held faculty positions at LSU before joining USGS\
     \ in 2002. Steve has studied various aspects of forest and wetland ecosystem\
     \ sustainability and restoration including soil redox chemistry, carbon and\
     \ nitrogen biogeochemistry, and the effects of climate and land-use change on\
     \ ecosystem services. He currently serves as Chief of the Aquatic Ecology Branch\
     \ at Leetown where he leads a team of seven scientists with research programs\
     \ in genetics, aquatic ecology, and landscape ecology.EDUCATIONPh.D. 1994. Duke\
     \ University (Biogeochemical Ecology)M.S. 1982. Louisiana State University (Forestry)B.S.\
     \ 1979. Louisiana State University (Forestry)CURRENT POSITIONChief /Supervisory\
     \ Research Ecologist, Aquatic Ecology Branch, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville,\
     \ WV.I serve as Chief of the Aquatic Ecology Branch at the Leetown Science Center,\
     \ where I lead a diverse team of scientists with expertise in landscape ecology\
     \ (spatial analysis and modeling of land use, land use change, and impacts on\
     \ aquatic ecosystems), stream fish ecology (responses to environmental quality,\
     \ stream physical habitat, stream food web modeling), decision analysis and\
     \ statistics (methods and protocols to sample and monitor populations of aquatic\
     \ organisms, landscape-level studies of aquatic organisms and their habitats,\
     \ improve management strategies for conservation efforts using adaptive management\
     \ and structured decision making), and conservation genetics and genomics (identification,\
     \ development, testing, and application of DNA microsatellite markers, single\
     \ nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, gene expression profiles, real-time\
     \ PCR gene product quantification, pathogen identification).PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL\
     \ POSITIONSResearch Ecologist, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette,\
     \ LA (2002-2009) \u2013 Primary research areas were wetland carbon and nitrogen\
     \ biogeochemistry, climate change, integrated landscape science and monitoring.Adjunct\
     \ Professor, Departments of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State\
     \ University, Baton Rouge, LA (2002-2009)Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental\
     \ Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (2002-2009)Assistant\
     \ Professor, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute/Department of Oceanography and\
     \ Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (1996-2002)\
     \ - Developed and taught three new courses in the Department of Oceanography\
     \ and Coastal Sciences: Environmental Chemistry of Wetlands, Wetland Delineation\
     \ and Functional Assessment,"
   professional_experience: []
   title: Supervisory Research Ecologist