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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:20:52.231411'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/natalie-karouna-renier
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - PhD in Biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
   - MS in Toxicology from the University of Maryland
   - BS in Biology from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
   email: nkarouna@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - PFAS
   - Terrestrial Toxicology
   - Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
   - Ecotoxicology
   - Contaminant Biology
   - Environmental Health
   - Genetics and Genomics
   - Immunotoxicology
   - Bioassays
   - Biomarkers
   - Avian immunology
   - Wildlife
   - Wildlife Toxicology
   - Laboratory methods
   - Toxicology
   - Toxicology Assessments
   - Endocrine Disruption
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Natalie is a Research Ecologist and leader of the Molecular Toxicology Laboratory
     at Eastern Ecological Science Center in Laurel, MD. Natalie's expertise is in
     molecular toxicology with a focus on understanding, detecting, and predicting
     the effects of environmental stressors on wildlife.
   name: Natalie Karouna-Renier, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-7127-033X
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc
   organization_name: Eastern Ecological Science Center
   personal_statement: Natalie's laboratory uses genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic,
     microbiomic, endocrine, and biochemical tools to develop novel biomarkers and
     assessment tools and applies these in collaborative field and laboratory studies
     that investigate regional, national, and international environmental health
     questions.  Current projects in her lab fall under the broad scope of ecotoxicology,
     focusing on immune system and disease susceptibility, endocrine disruption,
     genotoxicity, and health status of birds and other wildlife. Hazards and toxicity
     of contemporary contaminants, such as perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), flame
     retardants and neonicotinoid pesticides are of particular interest. The data
     are used for forecasting effects on individuals and populations, identifying
     wildlife that are potentially being harmed, assessing damage to trust resources,
     and otherwise informing natural resource management decisions.
   professional_experience:
   - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.
     August 2003 to December 2005.  Studied pollution effects on community health
     in northwest Florida.
   - Graduate Research Associate, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, October
     2000 to June 2002. Doctoral research investigating genomic biomarkers of metal
     exposure in aquatic invertebrates.
   - Visiting Researcher, Environmental Molecular Physiology, Tokyo University of
     Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Japan. September 1999 to April 2000. Investigated
     induction of stress proteins by pollutants in midge larvae.
   - Selected Fellow, National Science Foundation, Summer Institute in Japan, Tsukuba,
     Japan. July 1999 to August 1999. Examined effects of copper on gene expression
     in yeast.
   - Graduate Assistant, USGS NY WSC, Troy, NY. August 1995 to July 1997. Collected
     and analyzed water quality and macroinvertebrate data for a study of forest
     harvesting effects on streams.
   - Biological Technician, Wildlife Toxicology Group, Patuxent Wildlife Research
     Center, Laurel, MD.  September 1991 to October 1994. Evaluated toxicity of stormwater
     treatment pond contaminants on macroinvertebrates
   - Research Assistant, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington,
     DC. June 1990 to March 1993. Analyzed and interpreted water quality and biomonitoring
     data for the Anacostia River.
   title: Research Ecologist