Item talk:Q48676

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:04:10.027455'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/daniel-powers
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - USCG Merchant Mariner's License - Master of Vessels not greater than 200 tons,
     on near coastal waters. Sail endorsement.
   - "Merchant Mariner\u2019s Document - AB-Unlimited, Lifeboatman, Sail Endorsed"
   - Wilderness First Responder
   - DOI Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC)
   - DOI Motorboat Operator Instructor Certification Course (MOICC)
   email: dcpowers@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dan is a Marine Engineering Technician at the Marine Facility (MarFac) at the
     USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
   name: Daniel Powers
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: null
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc
   organization_name: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
   personal_statement: 'I have deployed the following equipment and systems: Jumbo
     Piston Corer, Boxcorer, Smith-MacIntyre, Ponar and VanVeen Grabs, Kasten Corer,
     Gravity Corers, Seismic Air Guns, G/I Guns, Chirp Echosounders, Boomer, Sparker,
     and S-Boom Sound Sources, Hydrophone streamers, CTD and Water Sampling Rosettes
     with Niskin Bottles, Mooring arrays - deploy, recover, and design, Ice coring
     and hand- and gas-driven coring systems, including Kovacs corers, Rock and Coral
     Dredges, Benthic Trawls, Otter and Blake Trawls, Mid-water nets, Plankton nets,
     Bongo nets, IKMT nets, Tucker trawls and MOCNESS Systems.'
   professional_experience:
   - Working in science support since 2008 and operating boats professionally since
     2003
   - 'Worked for the following institutions, among others: University of Hawaii,
     Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
     (MBARI), United States Antarctic Program (USAP), Stanford University, San Francisco
     Maritime NHP'
   title: Marine Engineering Technician