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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/rebecca-m-gorney
   timestamp: '2024-01-30T13:29:56.004731'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Rebecca M Gorney
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Physical Scientist
   organizations:
   - !!python/tuple
     - New York Water Science Center
     - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-york-water-science-center
   email: rgorney@usgs.gov
   orcid: 0000-0003-4406-261X
   intro_statements:
   - Rebecca is an aquatic ecologist at the USGS New York Water Science Center.
   expertise_terms:
   - Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
   - Limnology
   - General Water Quality
   - Aquatic Ecosystems
   professional_experience:
   - Prior to this position, Rebecca investigated HABs with the Division of Water
     at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2015-2022).
   education:
   - "Ph.D. in Natural Resources (2014) \u2013 University of Vermont, Burlington,\
     \ VT"
   - "M.S. in Natural Resources (2008) \u2013 The Ohio State University, Columbus,\
     \ OH"
   - "B.S. in Biological Sciences (2002)\u2014Binghamton University, Binghamton,\
     \ NY"
   affiliations: []
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   personal_statement: Rebecca is an aquatic ecologist and conducts research primarily
     on cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwater ecosystems of New
     York and nationally. She began working at the USGS New York Water Science Center
     in 2023. She has previously worked in a variety of ecosystems, from urban to
     rural, aquatic and terrestrial. She currently leads numerous collaborative projects
     that address several aspects of science related to HABs. The projects span a
     range of disciplines from methods development, algal community composition,
     fate and transport of cyanotoxins, monitoring program development and more.
     The goal of the HABs work at NYWSC is in part to develop tools to inform management
     decisions and improve our understanding  of the impacts of HABs on the environment.