Item talk:Q54085

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usgs_staff_profile:

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   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:41:55.178625'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/christopher-churchill
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   education:
   - Ph.D. Environmental Science; University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 2013
   - M.S. Molecular Biology; Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas 2007
   - B.S. Biology; Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
   - Chemistry minor 1998
   email: cchurchi@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Invasion and aquatic ecology
   - Aquatic Toxicology
   - Environmental Chemistry
   - Hydrology
   - Invasion Ecology
   - Limnology
   - Population and Community Ecology
   - Statistics
   - Water Quality
   - Wildlife Biology
   - Conservation
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Currently serve as Supervisory Ecologist and Branch Chief of the Ecological
     Sciences Branch of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center in La Crosse,
     Wisconsin.
   name: Christopher Churchill, Ph.D.
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   organization_name: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
   personal_statement: Started as Biology student in North Texas Branch Office (NTBO)
     in Fort Worth, Texas of the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) in January
     2009. Worked primarily on ecological, biological, and water-quality studies.
     Started the Zebra Mussel Monitoring Program for Texas (ZMMP) in 2010. Moved
     to full time Hydrologist upon graduating with Ph.D. Served as Project Chief
     for several studies including ZMMP, cyanobacteria, nutrients dynamics, and compounds
     of emerging concern. Served as Biology Specialist for the OTWSC. Served as Supervisory
     Hydrologist and Studies Chief starting in 2018. Served as Branch Chief of the
     NTBO starting in 2021.
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   - 'Zebra Mussel Monitoring Program for Texas; 2010 to present: Design and execute
     state-wide program for population/reproduction ecology and life-history study
     of invasive zebra and quagga mussels and associated water quality. Ensure compliance
     with state and national policies, laws, and regulations regarding research.'
   - 'Cyanotoxins Methods Assessment Project; 2015 to present: Design and implement
     state-wide field and laboratory methods assessment study for cyanobacteria,
     cyanotoxins, taste-and-odor compounds, and associated water quality with identification
     of land-use practices.'
   - 'Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Study; 2009 to present: Implement
     and report interpretive assessment of data set for five-year study on pharmaceuticals,
     personal care products, and compounds of emerging concern in the Trinity River
     Basin, Texas'
   - 'Nutrients Modeling Studies; 2015 to present: Design and execute holistic nutrients
     studies in north Texas reservoirs to assist funding cooperator in modeling point-
     and non-point nutrient loadings.'
   title: Supervisory Ecologist