usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:16:12.582479' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/brenda-k-densmore profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: bdensmore@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - aquatic ecosystems - freshwater ecosystems - habitat alteration - remote sensing - topography - hydrology - sediment transport - hurricanes - endangered species honors: [] intro_statements: - Brenda Densmore is the Associate Director for Hydrologic Investigations for the U.S. Geological Survey Nebraska Water Science Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. name: Brenda K Densmore name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0003-2429-638X organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nebraska-water-science-center organization_name: Nebraska Water Science Center personal_statement: "Brenda Densmore (Woodward) has worked as a hydrologist for\ \ the USGS Nebraska Water Science Center since 2003 and previously as a student\ \ trainee starting in 2001. She has an undergraduate degree in fisheries and\ \ wildlife and a graduate degree in Natural Resources with emphasis in Aquatic\ \ Ecology, both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has participated\ \ in and lead water-quality and biological monitoring programs as part of the\ \ USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program, EPA\u2019s Environmental Monitoring\ \ and Assessment program, and EPA\u2019s National Rivers and Streams Assessment.\ \ Brenda has taken the lead on GPS surveying for the Nebraska Water Science\ \ Center and has collected and worked with both aerial and tripod-mounted LiDAR.\ \ Since early 2007 Brenda has lead several Missouri River surveying projects,\ \ which incorporate bathymetric surveying. Surveys prior to 2008 were completed\ \ using singlebeam echosounding equipment along with GPS and an Acoustic Doppler\ \ Current Profiler to measure depth, position, water-surface elevation, and\ \ velocity. Recently, Brenda and other scientists at the USGS have used a multibeam\ \ echosounder to survey the river bed and structures of the Missouri River." professional_experience: [] title: Associate Director for Hydrologic Investigations