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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:17:04.757670'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/brian-buczkowski
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - American Alliance of Museums
   - Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
   - Massachusetts Geological Society
   - The Explorers Club (FN'15)
   - Geological Society of America
   education:
   - B.S., Geology, The State University of New York at Buffalo
   - A.L.M., Museum Studies, Harvard University Extension School (expected graduation
     May 2025)
   email: bbuczkowski@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - collections management
   - data preservation
   - field methods
   - laboratory methods
   - marine geology
   - scientific collections
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - I work on a variety of projects that include developing preservation and management
     strategies for scientific collections, obtaining and processing geological samples
     from coastal and marine environments, as well as performing laboratory analyses
     related to grain size, mineralogy, and sedimentary character.
   name: Brian Buczkowski
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-2801-6904
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/whcmsc
   organization_name: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
   personal_statement: "Brian Buczkowski is the curator of collections for the Woods\
     \ Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center\u2019s (WHCMSC) Samples Repository\
     \ in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.  This Samples Repository serves as the primary\
     \ storage location for all geological, biological, and geochemical samples collected\
     \ through USGS research by, or in the permanent custody of, the WHCMSC. Local\
     \ storage facilities consist of walk-in refrigerated and frozen cold rooms,\
     \ ambient temperature storage, as well as an analysis and sampling facility.\
     \  Brian also participates in Bureau-wide and interagency groups, such as the\
     \ British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility (BOSCORF) Advisory Group, USGS\
     \ Geologic Materials Repository Working Group, and the Curators of Marine and\
     \ Lacustrine Geological Samples Group, tasked with curating scientific collections\
     \ as well as developing scientific collections management and preservation solutions.\
     \  He also serves as the curator of collections for the United States Extended\
     \ Continental Shelf (ECS) Project, and has provided input and guidance for the\
     \ development of policy and procedures for access and distribution of physical\
     \ samples collected as a part of ECS research.In addition to his duties as curator,\
     \ Brian also manages the WHCMSC Sediment Analysis Laboratory: a Center-wide\
     \ resource that performs analyses relating to grain size, mineralogy, and sedimentary\
     \ character of samples collected by WHCMSC scientists and their partners.  He\
     \ is also the project manager for the usSEABED Project, contributes to the National\
     \ Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, serves as Co-chair of\
     \ the Collections Steering Committee, and is a member of the Peer Support Worker\
     \ program."
   professional_experience:
   - '2002-2008: Geologist I (collections manager), Integrated Statistics contracted
     to the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA'
   - '2008-present: Physical Scientist (curator of collections and lab manager),
     U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA'
   title: Physical Scientist