usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:04:10.027455' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/daniel-powers profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - USCG Merchant Mariner's License - Master of Vessels not greater than 200 tons, on near coastal waters. Sail endorsement. - "Merchant Mariner\u2019s Document - AB-Unlimited, Lifeboatman, Sail Endorsed" - Wilderness First Responder - DOI Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC) - DOI Motorboat Operator Instructor Certification Course (MOICC) email: dcpowers@usgs.gov expertise_terms: [] honors: [] intro_statements: - Dan is a Marine Engineering Technician at the Marine Facility (MarFac) at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center name: Daniel Powers name_qualifier: null orcid: null organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc organization_name: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center personal_statement: 'I have deployed the following equipment and systems: Jumbo Piston Corer, Boxcorer, Smith-MacIntyre, Ponar and VanVeen Grabs, Kasten Corer, Gravity Corers, Seismic Air Guns, G/I Guns, Chirp Echosounders, Boomer, Sparker, and S-Boom Sound Sources, Hydrophone streamers, CTD and Water Sampling Rosettes with Niskin Bottles, Mooring arrays - deploy, recover, and design, Ice coring and hand- and gas-driven coring systems, including Kovacs corers, Rock and Coral Dredges, Benthic Trawls, Otter and Blake Trawls, Mid-water nets, Plankton nets, Bongo nets, IKMT nets, Tucker trawls and MOCNESS Systems.' professional_experience: - Working in science support since 2008 and operating boats professionally since 2003 - 'Worked for the following institutions, among others: University of Hawaii, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), United States Antarctic Program (USAP), Stanford University, San Francisco Maritime NHP' title: Marine Engineering Technician