usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:41:42.341258' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/rebecca-m-gorney profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - "Ph.D. in Natural Resources (2014) \u2013 University of Vermont, Burlington,\ \ VT" - "M.S. in Natural Resources (2008) \u2013 The Ohio State University, Columbus,\ \ OH" - "B.S. in Biological Sciences (2002)\u2014Binghamton University, Binghamton,\ \ NY" email: rgorney@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) - Limnology - General Water Quality - Aquatic Ecosystems honors: [] intro_statements: - Rebecca is an aquatic ecologist at the USGS New York Water Science Center. name: Rebecca M Gorney name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0003-4406-261X organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-york-water-science-center organization_name: New York Water Science Center personal_statement: Rebecca is an aquatic ecologist and conducts research primarily on cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwater ecosystems of New York and nationally. She began working at the USGS New York Water Science Center in 2023. She has previously worked in a variety of ecosystems, from urban to rural, aquatic and terrestrial. She currently leads numerous collaborative projects that address several aspects of science related to HABs. The projects span a range of disciplines from methods development, algal community composition, fate and transport of cyanotoxins, monitoring program development and more. The goal of the HABs work at NYWSC is in part to develop tools to inform management decisions and improve our understanding of the impacts of HABs on the environment. professional_experience: - Prior to this position, Rebecca investigated HABs with the Division of Water at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2015-2022). title: Physical Scientist