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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:47:26.099799'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/marc-a-chalupnicki
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: mchalupnicki@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - aquatic ecosystems
   - benthic ecosystems
   - ecological competition
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem diversity
   - ecosystem functions
   - ecosystems
   - freshwater ecosystems
   - habitat alteration
   - habitats
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Marc Chalupnicki is a Biological Science Technician based in Cortland, NY.
   name: Marc A Chalupnicki
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-3792-9345
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/great-lakes-science-center
   organization_name: Great Lakes Science Center
   personal_statement: "In 1999, I attended Onondaga Community College where I studied\
     \ Mathematics and Science. While at O.C.C., I enrolled in a course in which\
     \ I was able to travel to San Salvador and study tropical marine biology. This\
     \ sparked my interest in marine biology and led me to continue my studies at\
     \ SUNY Brockport. I graduated in 2001 from SUNY Brockport with a Bachelor\u2019\
     s degree in Environmental Science and Biology with a minor in Chemistry. After\
     \ graduation, I began working at a Soil and Water Conservation District as part\
     \ of the Youth Corps and found a new interest in freshwater ecology. My curiosity\
     \ about environmental science and the interactions between aquatic organisms\
     \ and their environment continued to grow and I decided to pursue a Master\u2019\
     s degree in Biology with a concentration in Aquatic Ecology/Toxicology again\
     \ at SUNY Brockport. Since 2004, I have been working as a Research Technician\
     \ at the USGS Tunison Lab of Aquatic Science in Cortland. NY. In my position\
     \ I have the ability to assist researchers on a variety of topics that include\
     \ fish ecology, fish diet analysis, stream habitat assessment, GAP analysis,\
     \ Atlantic Salmon and Coregonid fish culture, and fish physiology to name a\
     \ few.I have worked at the Tunison Lab of Aquatic Science in Cortland, NY for\
     \ the past eight years as a biological science technician. During that time\
     \ I have assisted research scientists on various projects that have ranged from\
     \ habitat assessments, diet evaluations, simulation computer modeling of the\
     \ Great Lakes benthic organisms, toxicology and avoidance testing. The first\
     \ two years involved an intense field evaluation of lake sturgeon distribution\
     \ and habitat use in a northern tributary to the St. Lawrence River. I was then\
     \ assigned to assist multiple research scientists where I am still today on\
     \ their various research projects and play an important role in collecting the\
     \ filed data, inputing the raw data, analyzing the results and at times helping\
     \ write up the findings in a publication or a presentation."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Biological Science Technician