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meta: url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/paul-laustsen timestamp: '2024-01-30T16:27:49.085461' status_code: 200 profile: name: Paul Laustsen name_qualifier: null titles: - Public Affairs - Western States organizations: - !!python/tuple - Communications and Publishing - https://www.usgs.gov/communications-and-publishing email: plaustsen@usgs.gov orcid: null intro_statements: - Paul Laustsen is a science communicator with the USGS Office of Communications. expertise_terms: - Public Relations professional_experience: [] education: [] affiliations: [] honors: [] abstracts: [] personal_statement: "Paul specializes in communicating science to journalists,\ \ policy makers and the public. Since the fall of 2007, Paul has worked with\ \ the USGS Office of Communications, based in California, providing communication\u2019\ s leadership and collaborating with his USGS colleagues and partners throughout\ \ the western United States and beyond.Notable career highlights include working\ \ on the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, several walrus haulout communication\ \ responses, the USFWS Polar Bear Recovery Plan, the 2009 Redoubt and 2018 Kilauea\ \ eruptions, and working with the ShakeAlert team.Paul co-chaired of the San\ \ Francisco Federal Executive Board\u2019s Public Affairs Council between 2018\ \ and 2020.Prior to working with the USGS, he worked for the USDA Natural Resources\ \ Conservation Service between 1999 and 2007.Paul holds a B.S. in Environmental\ \ Design with an emphasis in Communications from the University of California,\ \ Davis."