usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:30:19.957742' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/mark-vinson profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - Ph.D. 1998. Utah State University. - M.S. 1988. Idaho State University. - B.S. 1986. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. email: mvinson@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Fishery Resources - Data Management - Presentation Materials honors: [] intro_statements: - Station Chief, Lake Superior Biological Station. name: Mark Vinson, PhD name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0001-5256-9539 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/great-lakes-science-center organization_name: Great Lakes Science Center personal_statement: I have studied aquatic plants, invertebrates, and fish from caves, springs, rivers, lakes and wetlands throughout the world. I am comfortable in uncomfortable places. I currently study recruitment dynamics of Lake Superior ciscoes (Bloater, Cisco, and Kiyi). I have a gift for data analytics and a fondness for voguish data graphics. professional_experience: - 1993-2008. Research Assistant Professor. Utah State University. - 1988-1992. Hydrologist. U.S. Bureau of Land Management. title: Supervisory Research Fisheries Biologist