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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:23:00.186510'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/g-lynn-wingard
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - 1979        BS (Geology / Biology)           The College of William & Mary,
     Williamsburg VA
   - 1983          MS (Geology)          George Washington University, Washington
     DC
   - 1990          PhD (Geology)         George Washington University, Washington
     DC
   email: lwingard@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - coastal ecosystems
   - estuarine ecosystems
   - paleoecology
   - conservation paleobiology
   - mollusks
   - salinity reconstructions
   - sea-level change
   - storm history
   - biodiversity
   - resilience
   - sedimentology
   - stratigraphy
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - "Lynn Wingard\u2019s research focus is on the application of paleoecologic techniques\
     \ to the interpretation of Holocene marine and estuarine ecosystems.  Current\
     \ emphasis is on deriving baseline environmental data for Greater Everglades\
     \ Ecosystem Restoration resource managers and on examining the interaction of\
     \ climate and sea level on south Florida\u2019s coastline in the Holocene."
   name: G. Lynn Wingard, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-3833-5207
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/florence-bascom-geoscience-center
   organization_name: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
   personal_statement: "Professional Experience1991-Present Research Geologist, U.S.\
     \ Geological SurveyLynn Wingard has been a Research Geologist with the USGS\
     \ since 1991.  She has conducted biostratigraphic and paleoecologic research\
     \ on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain sediments throughout\
     \ her career.  Her early research focused on molluscan taxonomy and evolution\
     \ across the Cretaceous Tertiary boundary and she examined the role of taxonomic\
     \ assignments in calculations of extinction at the boundary.  Investigations\
     \ into the subsurface geology and paleoenvironments in Florida led to a reclassification\
     \ of the subsurface Oligocene units and she assisted the Florida State Geologic\
     \ Survey in their state map efforts.Beginning in 1994, Lynn has served as Principal\
     \ Investigator on projects related to the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration\
     \ as part of the USGS Priority Ecosystem Science Program and she has served\
     \ in a number of advisory roles related to this research.  Her work has helped\
     \ define salinity targets for Florida\u2019s southern estuaries and has contributed\
     \ to estimating historic freshwater flow through the wetlands.  Her collaboration\
     \ with Everglades resource managers has demonstrated the importance of paleoecology\
     \ and the emerging field of conservation paleobiology in providing valuable\
     \ scientific information to guide restoration efforts.  Recent work has focused\
     \ on sea level rise and storm history and how these driving factors have shaped\
     \ the south Florida coastline over the last 5,000 years and what this tells\
     \ us in terms of future projections of coastal change.Science Leadership and\
     \ Advisory Roles1993:  helped draft Program Implementation Plan for USGS South\
     \ Florida Ecosystem Initiative2001-Present:  member of 6 CERP - Comprehensive\
     \ Everglades Restoration Plan - Teams; currently serving on Southern Coastal\
     \ Systems Sub-Team and Biscayne Bay Southeast Everglades Ecosystem Restoration\
     \ Eco-subteam2002:  helped draft DOI and USGS Science Plans in Support of Greater\
     \ Everglades Ecosystem Restoration"
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Geologist