Item talk:Q48339

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:49:23.591080'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lisa-nowell
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: lhnowell@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - aquatic ecosystems
   - benthic ecosystems
   - environmental assessment
   - freshwater ecosystems
   - surface water (non-marine)
   - surface water quality
   - water quality
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Lisa Nowell is a Research Chemist with the USGS National Water Quality Program
     (NWQP), National Water Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA).
   name: Lisa Nowell
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-5417-7264
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/california-water-science-center
   organization_name: California Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Since 2013, I have been part of the Regional Stream-Quality\
     \ Assessment (RSQA) team, which is a multidisciplinary team conducting a series\
     \ of multistressor studies of wadable streams in the Midwest, Southeast, Pacific\
     \ Northwest, Northeast, and Central Coastal California regions. My primary focus\
     \ is to track, interpret and model the occurrence of pesticides in stream water\
     \ and sediment at the regional scale; and to interpret data on sediment toxicity\
     \ and ecological condition in relation to chemical stressors. I have participated\
     \ in the design and implementation of NAWQA since 1991, when I first joined\
     \ the USGS as a member of NAWQA\u2019s Pesticide National Synthesis team. Since\
     \ that time, I have conducted national and regional-scale assessments of pesticides\
     \ in water, sediment, and aquatic biota, and with my colleagues have developed\
     \ tools (such as sediment benchmarks, aquatic-life benchmarks, the Pesticide\
     \ Toxicity Index, and Health-Based Screening Levels) for interpreting the biological\
     \ significance of pesticides in water and sediment. I also evaluated contaminants\
     \ in water and sediment on the Gulf Coast before and after the Deepwater Horizon\
     \ oil spill, and I co-authored a book on pesticides in stream sediment and aquatic\
     \ biota.Before coming to the USGS, I worked for the Food and Drug Administration;\
     \ was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow in environmental\
     \ science and engineering at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and conducted\
     \ post-doctoral research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and\
     \ Technology (EAWAG) in Switzerland. I am an active member of the Society for\
     \ Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), American Chemical Society,\
     \ and American Geophysical Union.  I currently serve on the Meetings Committee\
     \ and 2018 Program Committee of SETAC North America, and I am an Associate Editor\
     \ of the journal,Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Chemist