USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person affiliation: [] description: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Hydrologist and Water Quality Specialist with the Washington Water Science Center additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject abstract: Hydrologist and Water Quality Specialist for the Washington Water Science Center additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject abstract: My research focuses on the occurrence, fate, and transport of contaminants in the aquatic environment. Recent activities and interests include:- Developing novel field methods to quantify fluvial sediment-bound chemical concentrations and fluxes from rivers to Puget Sound- Entry and movement of urban contaminants in nearshore coastal environments- Monitoring of legacy contaminants (e.g., PCBs and metals), emerging contaminants (e.g., microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals), and microbial contaminants (e.g., bacteria, viruses, and fecal indicators) in aquatic resources with implications for ecological and human health- Providing technical guidance for water-quality projects, including study design, data quality, and dissemination additionalType: personal statement email: kconn@usgs.gov hasCredential: - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: B.S. in Chemistry from the College of William & Mary - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: Post-doctoral research at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Marine Sciences. hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: Washington Water Science Center url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/washington-water-science-center roleName: Hydrologist and Water Quality Specialist startDate: '2024-05-10T21:02:34.862064' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Washington Water Science Center since 2011 and the Center's Water-Quality Specialist since 2015. identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0002-2334-6536 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q54605 jobTitle: Hydrologist and Water Quality Specialist knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: groundwater-surface water interactions - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: mercury - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: sediment chemistry - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: data management - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: water quality - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: coastal habitats - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: ecosystem health - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: emerging contaminants - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: geochemistry - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: organic chemistry - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: inorganic chemistry - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: microplastics - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: estuarine - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: 6PPD - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: PCB - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: PFAS - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: PAH memberOf: '@type': OrganizationalRole member: '@type': Organization name: U.S. Geological Survey name: staff member startDate: '2024-05-10T21:02:34.858520' name: Kathy Conn url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kathy-conn