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meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:07:16.663009' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/paul-laustsen profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: plaustsen@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Public Relations honors: [] intro_statements: - Paul Laustsen is a science communicator with the USGS Office of Communications. name: Paul Laustsen name_qualifier: null orcid: null organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/communications-and-publishing organization_name: Communications and Publishing 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." professional_experience: [] title: Public Affairs - Western States