usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:21:13.081790' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/stephen-faulkner profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: faulkners@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - ecological processes - ecosystem functions - ecosystems - forest ecosystems - wetland ecosystems - land use change - nonpoint-source pollution - water quality - natural gas resources - natural resource management - natural resource extraction - soil resources - water resources honors: [] intro_statements: - Steve Faulkner is a supervisory research ecologist at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in Kearneysville, WV. name: Stephen Faulkner name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0001-5295-1383 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc organization_name: Eastern Ecological Science Center personal_statement: "Growing up exploring the forests of central Maryland led\ \ him to pursue his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Forestry from Louisiana State University.\ \ He received his Ph.D. in wetland biogeochemical ecology at Duke University.\ \ After graduate school, he held faculty positions at LSU before joining USGS\ \ in 2002. Steve has studied various aspects of forest and wetland ecosystem\ \ sustainability and restoration including soil redox chemistry, carbon and\ \ nitrogen biogeochemistry, and the effects of climate and land-use change on\ \ ecosystem services. He currently serves as Chief of the Aquatic Ecology Branch\ \ at Leetown where he leads a team of seven scientists with research programs\ \ in genetics, aquatic ecology, and landscape ecology.EDUCATIONPh.D. 1994. Duke\ \ University (Biogeochemical Ecology)M.S. 1982. Louisiana State University (Forestry)B.S.\ \ 1979. Louisiana State University (Forestry)CURRENT POSITIONChief /Supervisory\ \ Research Ecologist, Aquatic Ecology Branch, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville,\ \ WV.I serve as Chief of the Aquatic Ecology Branch at the Leetown Science Center,\ \ where I lead a diverse team of scientists with expertise in landscape ecology\ \ (spatial analysis and modeling of land use, land use change, and impacts on\ \ aquatic ecosystems), stream fish ecology (responses to environmental quality,\ \ stream physical habitat, stream food web modeling), decision analysis and\ \ statistics (methods and protocols to sample and monitor populations of aquatic\ \ organisms, landscape-level studies of aquatic organisms and their habitats,\ \ improve management strategies for conservation efforts using adaptive management\ \ and structured decision making), and conservation genetics and genomics (identification,\ \ development, testing, and application of DNA microsatellite markers, single\ \ nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, gene expression profiles, real-time\ \ PCR gene product quantification, pathogen identification).PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL\ \ POSITIONSResearch Ecologist, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette,\ \ LA (2002-2009) \u2013 Primary research areas were wetland carbon and nitrogen\ \ biogeochemistry, climate change, integrated landscape science and monitoring.Adjunct\ \ Professor, Departments of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State\ \ University, Baton Rouge, LA (2002-2009)Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental\ \ Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (2002-2009)Assistant\ \ Professor, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute/Department of Oceanography and\ \ Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (1996-2002)\ \ - Developed and taught three new courses in the Department of Oceanography\ \ and Coastal Sciences: Environmental Chemistry of Wetlands, Wetland Delineation\ \ and Functional Assessment," professional_experience: [] title: Supervisory Research Ecologist