Experience

Susquehanna River Basin Commission

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Scientist II

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Performs environmental resource evaluations of water withdrawals and water use projects within the Basin utilizing both desktop resources and field inspections to ensure current and potential water users avoid adverse impacts to the environment, often coordinating assessments with partner resource agencies.

• Environmental Scientist I

  • Mar 2016 - Sep 2019

  • Conducted timely reviews of water quality, planning, geographic, or environmental materials submitted by water withdrawal project sponsors for consistency with Commission guidelines and standards• Conducted field inspections of proposed or existing facilities as part of application reviews investigations• Analyzed water quality and environmental data• Assisted with grant proposals, interagency coordination efforts, and responses to information requests

• Environmental Technician

  • Jun 2011 - Mar 2016

  Provided extensive support for field sampling activities for many projects within the SRBC’s Monitoring and Protection (M&P) Program• Biological sampling including macroinvertebrate, fish, eDNA and periphyton collection• Physical data collection including discharge measurements, Rapid Bioassessment Protocol habitat evaluation, pebble counts, and surveying• Water chemistry sampling including in-situ field measurements, collection and processing of samples for laboratory analyses• Ensured accuracy with data entry and data manipulation for a multitude of projects• Produced an internal technical summary for Paxton Creek • Assisted U.S. Fish and Wildlife in a national eDNA and contaminants of emerging concern study• Pursued grant opportunities for emerging contamination studies within the BasinIndependently responsible for:• Leading sampling crews to perform EPA-funded projects• Project Manager for Paxton Creek Urban Watershed for 5 years• RWQMN data correction at 11 sites• Completing baseline and storm sampling at 7 sites for the SNAP program and data entry for all 26 sample sites• Monitoring and ordering supplies for all M&P projects Show less