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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:34:17.406095'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/nancy-prouty
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - '2004: Ph.D., Oceanography, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford
     University, Stanford, CA'
   - '1997: M.S., Climate Change Research Center, Earth Sciences, University of New
     Hampshire, Durham, NH'
   - '1993: B.A., Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA'
   email: nprouty@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - marine water quality
   - ocean temperature
   - paleoceanography
   - reef ecosystems
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Research Oceanographer with the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
   name: Nancy Prouty
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-8922-0688
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc
   organization_name: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
   personal_statement: null
   professional_experience:
   - Oct. 2009-present - Research Oceanographer, United States Geological Survey,
     Santa Cruz, CA. Lead PI on groundwater and land-based pollution coral reef ecosystem
     studies. Design and implement field experiments on geochemical impacts of groundwater
     and land-based pollution on coral reefs. Lead PI on deep-sea coral paleo-ecology
     multi-agency project.
   - "July \u201810-Nov.\u201910 - Science Program Coordinator Advisor, Schmidt Ocean\
     \ Institute, Palo Alto, CA Served as liaison between the individual scientific\
     \ researchers and the Institute to implement and execute a scientific strategy.\
     \ Managed complex, scientific planning efforts involving scientists, engineers,\
     \ marine operations personnel, technicians, and other support staff."
   - 2007-2009 - Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow, United States Geological
     Survey, Santa Cruz, CA. Lead investigator on 2-year Federal scientific research
     program to investigate the link between sedimentation and coral reef ecosystem
     health. Collaborated with investigators at multiple Federal agencies and academic
     institutions.
   - 2004-2007 - Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research Postdoctoral
     Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. Lead investigator
     on multidisciplinary initiative to develop new tools to assess coral response
     to environmental stressors from both anthropogenic and natural perturbations.
   - Summer 2004 - University Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
     Developed innovative student centered curriculum for an 8-week intensive summer
     course on oceanography.
   - 2000-2004 - Graduate Research Environmental Fellow, Department of Energy (DOE),
     Stanford University. Lead investigator of international coral reef project in
     Kenya and Sumatra.
   title: Research Oceanographer