usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:47:26.099799' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/marc-a-chalupnicki profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: mchalupnicki@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - aquatic ecosystems - benthic ecosystems - ecological competition - ecological processes - ecosystem diversity - ecosystem functions - ecosystems - freshwater ecosystems - habitat alteration - habitats honors: [] intro_statements: - Marc Chalupnicki is a Biological Science Technician based in Cortland, NY. name: Marc A Chalupnicki name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-3792-9345 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/great-lakes-science-center organization_name: Great Lakes Science Center personal_statement: "In 1999, I attended Onondaga Community College where I studied\ \ Mathematics and Science. While at O.C.C., I enrolled in a course in which\ \ I was able to travel to San Salvador and study tropical marine biology. This\ \ sparked my interest in marine biology and led me to continue my studies at\ \ SUNY Brockport. I graduated in 2001 from SUNY Brockport with a Bachelor\u2019\ s degree in Environmental Science and Biology with a minor in Chemistry. After\ \ graduation, I began working at a Soil and Water Conservation District as part\ \ of the Youth Corps and found a new interest in freshwater ecology. My curiosity\ \ about environmental science and the interactions between aquatic organisms\ \ and their environment continued to grow and I decided to pursue a Master\u2019\ s degree in Biology with a concentration in Aquatic Ecology/Toxicology again\ \ at SUNY Brockport. Since 2004, I have been working as a Research Technician\ \ at the USGS Tunison Lab of Aquatic Science in Cortland. NY. In my position\ \ I have the ability to assist researchers on a variety of topics that include\ \ fish ecology, fish diet analysis, stream habitat assessment, GAP analysis,\ \ Atlantic Salmon and Coregonid fish culture, and fish physiology to name a\ \ few.I have worked at the Tunison Lab of Aquatic Science in Cortland, NY for\ \ the past eight years as a biological science technician. During that time\ \ I have assisted research scientists on various projects that have ranged from\ \ habitat assessments, diet evaluations, simulation computer modeling of the\ \ Great Lakes benthic organisms, toxicology and avoidance testing. The first\ \ two years involved an intense field evaluation of lake sturgeon distribution\ \ and habitat use in a northern tributary to the St. Lawrence River. I was then\ \ assigned to assist multiple research scientists where I am still today on\ \ their various research projects and play an important role in collecting the\ \ filed data, inputing the raw data, analyzing the results and at times helping\ \ write up the findings in a publication or a presentation." professional_experience: [] title: Biological Science Technician