Item talk:Q49706

usgs_staff_profile:

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   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:23:29.965577'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kimberly-taylor
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: ktaylor@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Kimberly Taylor, PhD - California Water Science Center
   name: Kimberly Taylor, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-0095-6403
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/california-water-science-center
   organization_name: California Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Kim\u2019s academic expertise lies in collaborative processes\
     \ that allow scientists and resource managers to co-develop scientific knowledge\
     \ that is both relevant and useful to resource managers and of high scientific\
     \ quality. In other words, how can we get away from trying to \u201Cdeliver\
     \ science like a pizza?\u201D[1]. This kind of collaboration requires expert\
     \ knowledge of water management issues, when and why managers seek new scientific\
     \ knowledge, broad understanding of water sciences, how USGS scientific work\
     \ differs from others', and how scientists can frame their research questions\
     \ to better mesh with resource management needs. Kim has spent most of her career\
     \ working on California water issues in roles that bridge research and resource\
     \ management for the USGS California Water Science Center, the multi-agency\
     \ consortium CALFED for the USGS, and the State of California.Specific programs\
     \ Kim has been involved in include:The USGS California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater\
     \ Program (COGG) where she helped design an overarching science plan that would\
     \ answer the State\u2019s questions about oil and gas development and groundwater\
     \ quality and organized a science team to carry out the program that included\
     \ multiple USGS Centers and academic partners. She currently manages external\
     \ affairs associated with the program.The USGS California Groundwater Ambient\
     \ Monitoring and Assessment Program (GAMA) where she works to connect local\
     \ resource management groups to GAMA activities and new knowledge, and helps\
     \ the GAMA team frame questions that address statewide groundwater quality management\
     \ concerns. In this program, her particular interest is how patterns in groundwater\
     \ quality can inform groundwater basin management problems such as low-quality\
     \ drinking water supplies in disadvantaged communities, long-term shifts in\
     \ groundwater quality associated with water use patterns, and vulnerability\
     \ of domestic supplies in highland areas with fractured rock aquifers.The USGS\
     \ International Water Program where she managed projects designed to provide\
     \ multiple organizations in Pakistan with water quality assessment tools and\
     \ Indonesian agencies with biosafety protocol tools.The CALFED Bay-Delta Program\
     \ where she served as the Deputy Director for Science. In this capacity she\
     \ assisted in the design and implementation of a new umbrella interagency scientific\
     \ program that included scientists ranging from junior field technicians engaged\
     \ in long-term monitoring efforts within multiple state and federal agencies\
     \ to NAS-level experts serving as programmatic peer reviewers and advisors.\
     \ Her favorite accomplishment in this capacity was starting the Delta Science\
     \ Fellowship program in partnership with California Sea Grant that pairs new\
     \ scientific graduates with resource managers working in the Bay-Delta arena.\
     \ Between its inception in 2003 and 2020, more than 85 fellows have brought\
     \ their interest and cutting-edge research capaci"
   professional_experience: []
   title: Program Officer