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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/paul-laustsen
   timestamp: '2024-01-30T16:27:49.085461'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Paul Laustsen
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Public Affairs - Western States
   organizations:
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     - Communications and Publishing
     - https://www.usgs.gov/communications-and-publishing
   email: plaustsen@usgs.gov
   orcid: null
   intro_statements:
   - Paul Laustsen is a science communicator with the USGS Office of Communications.
   expertise_terms:
   - Public Relations
   professional_experience: []
   education: []
   affiliations: []
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   personal_statement: "Paul specializes in communicating science to journalists,\
     \ policy makers and the public. Since the fall of 2007, Paul has worked with\
     \ the USGS Office of Communications, based in California, providing communication\u2019\
     s leadership and collaborating with his USGS colleagues and partners throughout\
     \ the western United States and beyond.Notable career highlights include working\
     \ on the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, several walrus haulout communication\
     \ responses, the USFWS Polar Bear Recovery Plan, the 2009 Redoubt and 2018 Kilauea\
     \ eruptions, and working with the ShakeAlert team.Paul co-chaired of the San\
     \ Francisco Federal Executive Board\u2019s Public Affairs Council between 2018\
     \ and 2020.Prior to working with the USGS, he worked for the USDA Natural Resources\
     \ Conservation Service between 1999 and 2007.Paul holds a B.S. in Environmental\
     \ Design with an emphasis in Communications from the University of California,\
     \ Davis."