USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person affiliation: [] description: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Biologist with the Eastern Ecological Science Center additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject abstract: Barb is a Biologist at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in Kearneysville, WV. additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject abstract: Since 1995, she has performed molecular genetics research tasks in support of conservation genetics and genomics of imperiled species, including Atlantic salmon, Atlantic sturgeon, and Brook Trout among many other organisms. Some of the recent and ongoing research projects Barb has been involved in include determining the continent-of-origin of Atlantic salmon off the west coast of Greenland, determining fish and aquatic invertebrate biodiversity using DNA metabarcoding of sediment and water samples from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, determining the genetic structure of wild Brook trout in North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland and the southern Appalachians to support conservation and management, and determining the stock composition of Atlantic sturgeon captured along the eastern coast of the U.S. additionalType: personal statement email: blubinski@usgs.gov hasCredential: - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: M.S., 1993, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Biology) - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: B.S., 1988, Bowling Green State University (Biology) hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: Eastern Ecological Science Center url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc roleName: Biologist startDate: '2024-05-10T21:04:17.923748' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: '2000 to present: Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: '1999 to 2000: General Biologist II, JCWS, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: '1997 to 1999: General Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: '1995 to 1997: Scientific Technician II, Asci, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: '1993 to 1995: Laboratory Technician, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: '1990 to 1995: Graduate Assistant, Biology Department, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA' identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0003-3568-2569 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q47650 jobTitle: Biologist knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Population Genetics - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Conservation Genetics - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Conservation Genomics - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Genetic Stock Identification - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Molecular Ecology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Microsatellite Genotyping - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: DNA Metabarcoding memberOf: '@type': OrganizationalRole member: '@type': Organization name: U.S. Geological Survey name: staff member startDate: '2024-05-10T21:04:17.920282' name: Barbara A Lubinski url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/barbara-lubinski