Item talk:Q45223

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:46:50.922318'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kurt-d-carpenter
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: kdcar@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - aquatic ecosystems
   - benthic ecosystems
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem functions
   - ecosystems
   - environmental assessment
   - freshwater ecosystems
   - habitats
   - wetland ecosystems
   - domestic well water use
   - groundwater
   - groundwater quality
   - runoff
   - streamflow
   - surface water (non-marine)
   - surface water quality
   - water quality
   - water use
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Kurt Carpenter is a research hydrologist in the USGS Oregon Water Science Center.
   name: Kurt D Carpenter
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-6231-8335
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oregon-water-science-center
   organization_name: Oregon Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Kurt joined the USGS Oregon District in 1992 to work for\
     \ the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, an interdisciplinary\
     \ program characterizing land use impacts to algae, benthic invertebrates, fish,\
     \ and water quality of streams in the Willamette Basin. For nearly 30 years\
     \ Kurt\u2019s research has focused on the interface between water quality and\
     \ hydrobiology, primarily impacts from nutrients (eutrophication) and contaminants\
     \ (pesticides, volatile organic compounds). Kurt is currently PI of several\
     \ harmful algal bloom (HAB) related projects in Oregon including at Detroit,\
     \ Cougar and Blue Lakes where cyanobacterial toxins pose a threat to drinking\
     \ water. Kurt is also active in post-fire monitoring and research following\
     \ the 2020 Labor Day fires that threatens several major drinking water supplies.\
     \ His most recent collaboration includes using remote sensing to detect algae\
     \ in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs using hyperspectral data from ground- and\
     \ space-based tools, including cameras aboard the International Space Station.\
     \ In a project with Clean Water Services in the Tualatin River Basin, Kurt is\
     \ investigating plankton communities in streams along with environmental DNA\
     \ (\u201CeDNA\u201D) signatures to examine potential benefits of stream restoration."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Hydrologist