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Dr. Ian Hartwell,
Project Leader Ecologist Dr. Hartwell joined NOAA's NS&T Program in 1998. Ian is the lead scientist for for the Program's bio-effects research, and has been the principal investigator on 7 such efforts since joining the team; including an assessment of the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, San Fransisco Bay, and the deep ocean waters off central California. Before coming to NOAA, he was a principal scientist for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources where he worked as a senior toxicologist. Ian has developed over 50 publications on the subject of coastal contamination and toxicity, and is the Chief Scientist on the Kachemak Bay cruise. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. |
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Dr. Ed Johnson,
Project Data Quality Control Environmental Chemist Dr. Ed Johnson is an environmental chemist and toxicologist, and has over 20 years of experience studying fate and transport of environmental contaminants, particularly agricultural chemicals. Prior to joining NOAA in 1997 he worked with the USDA Agricultural Research Service conducting research non-point source runoff and atmospheric deposition of pesticides. He is currently working to make NS&T’s 21 year data archive readily available through an online data portal. |
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Dr. Kimani Kimbrough,
Project Communications and Outreach Environmental Chemist Dr. Kimani Kimbrough joined the Team 3 years ago, and has worked on a number of National and regional issues including: 1) a study on the environmental effects of 9-11, a post-Hurricane Katrina contaminant impact assessment, and a National assessment of coastal contamination using NS&T's 21 year Mussel Watch biomonitoring data. He also travels regularly to Alaska to build partnerships with local communities, and to assess contamination in subsistence species. His training and work experience includes environmental chemistry, toxicology and isotope geochronology. Kimani has a B.S. in marine science from Hampton University and a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. |
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Dr. Gunnar Lauenstein,
Project Contract Manager Physical Oceanographer Dr. Gunnar Lauenstein manages NOAA’s Mussel Watch Project which has been monitoring the health of the Nation’s coastal and estuarine waters since 1986. That monitoring is now being expanded in Alaska with new sites being established in the western Aleutians, Resurrection Bay and Kachemak Bay, and sampling is currently underway in Bristol Bay. His training and work experience include environmental chemistry and biological oceanography. Gunnar has a Ph.D from George Mason University. |