Item talk:Q46389

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:41:51.821976'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jennifer-l-graham
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - "PhD in Fisheries and Wildlife with a specialization in Limnology (2004) \u2013\
     \ University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"
   - "MS in Biology with a specialization in Aquatic Ecology (1998) \u2013 Southwest\
     \ Missouri"
   - "BS in Environmental Science (1995) \u2013 Davis and Elkins College, Elkins,\
     \ WV"
   email: jlgraham@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
   - Limnology
   - General Water Quality
   - Nutrient Dynamics
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Jennifer is a Research Hydrologist at the New York Water Science Center
   name: Jennifer L Graham, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-6420-9335
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-york-water-science-center
   organization_name: New York Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Jennifer Graham currently serves as the harmful algal bloom\
     \ coordinator for the USGS Water Mission Area. She also represents the USGS\
     \ on the Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. Jennifer\
     \ began her career with the USGS in 1999 as a Volunteer for Science working\
     \ on harmful algal blooms at the Columbia Environmental Research Center. She\
     \ worked there as a volunteer until 2005, when she became a Hydrologist at the\
     \ Kansas Water Science Center. Jennifer joined the New York Water Science Center\
     \ in 2018. She is a nationally recognized expert in cyanobacteria and associated\
     \ toxins and taste-and-odor compounds. For over two decades Jennifer has conducted\
     \ research on the environmental factors influencing the occurrence of cyanotoxins\
     \ in the United States. She has conducted both regional and single system studies\
     \ at a variety of spatiotemporal scales.The overarching theme of Jennifer\u2019\
     s research is the spatiotemporal distribution of algae and algal assemblages\
     \ with respect to changing physical, chemical, and biological conditions in\
     \ both lentic and lotic ecosystems. Focus areas currently include anthropogenic\
     \ influences on algal production and community composition, environmental conditions\
     \ leading to the development of harmful algal blooms, with an emphasis on cyanobacteria,\
     \ the occurrence, fate, and transport of cyanobacterial toxins and taste-and-odor\
     \ compounds, and the development of predictive models for the occurrence of\
     \ cyanobacterial toxins and taste-and-odor compounds. She has a complimentary\
     \ interest in evaluating and using leading-edge technology, such as continuous\
     \ water-quality instrumentation and satellite imagery, to improve predictive\
     \ capabilities for the onset, duration, and decline of harmful algal bloom events.\
     \ Research efforts include partnerships within the USGS as well as with local,\
     \ state, and federal agencies and universities."
   professional_experience:
   - USGS as Research Hydrologist at the New York Water Science Center 2018-present.
   - USGS as a Hydrologist at the Kansas Water Science Center 2005-2018.
   - USGS as a Volunteer for Science working on harmful algal blooms at the Columbia
     Environmental Research Center 1999-2005.
   title: Research Hydrologist