Item talk:Q44616

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:19:19.526793'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/austin-k-baldwin
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
   - Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
   education:
   - M.S. Structural Geology, 2005, University of Texas at Austin
   - B.S. Geological Sciences, 2001, University of Texas at Austin
   email: akbaldwi@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - water quality
   - microplastics
   - contamination and pollution
   - environmental assessment
   - statistical analysis
   - surface water quality
   - groundwater quality
   - runoff
   - surface water (non-marine)
   - industrial pollution
   - land use and land cover
   - nonpoint-source pollution
   - pesticide and herbicide contamination
   - field methods
   - real-time monitoring and reporting
   - risk assessment
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Austin Baldwin is a Research Hydrologist with the USGS Idaho Water Science Center
     in Boise, Idaho.
   name: Austin K Baldwin
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-6027-3823
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/idaho-water-science-center
   organization_name: Idaho Water Science Center
   personal_statement: Austin's research focuses on field-based studies of contaminants
     in surface water and sediment, including organic compounds, mercury and other
     metals, and microplastics. His work specifically focuses on (1) investigations
     into the sources, transport, and fate of contaminants, (2) processes driving
     contaminant partitioning among environmental compartments and transformation
     to more bioavailable forms, and (3) potential adverse effects of contaminants
     on ecosystem health. Through each of these research themes, he aims to inform
     management decisions to improve ecosystem health.RESEARCH INTERESTSOrganic contaminants
     in aquatic environments; mercury in aquatic environments; aquatic toxicity;
     microplastic sources, transport, fate, and biological uptake; polycyclic aromatic
     hydrocarbon source identification.
   professional_experience:
   - "Research Hydrologist, USGS Idaho Water Science Center, Boise, ID, October 2021\
     \ \u2013 Present"
   - "Hydrologist, USGS Idaho Water Science Center, Boise, ID, May 2016 \u2013 October\
     \ 2021"
   - "Hydrologist, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, WI, January 2007\
     \ \u2013 May 2016"
   title: Research Hydrologist