Meet the Scientists
The LCBP’s work is informed and guided by scientists across a broad range of disciplines. The expertise of these partners is critical to informing sound management decisions for the Basin’s resources. These people bring extensive experience in academia and government to the LCBP’s Committees and partnerships. While LCBP staff often are able to answer technical questions and are happy to speak to media, the scientists and resource managers who are working on their specific lake issues day-to-day often can provide the most recent objective, science-based information.
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Search here to find a scientist:
Beth Gilles
- Office Location: Lake George, NY
- Affiliation: Lake Champlain - Lake George Regional Planning Board
- Fields of Interest:
watershed planning; municipal infrastructure planning and implementation for stormwater, wastewater and erosion reduction projects; grant writing and management assistance for municipalities and counties
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Jessica Levine
- Office Location: Montreal, Quebec
- Affiliation: TNC Canada, an affiliate of The Nature Conservancy
- Fields of Interest:
aquatic connectivity, resiliency of transportation infrastructure, human and natural community adaptations to climate change impacts in the Lake Champlain Basin and beyond
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Sarah Vose
- Office Location: Burlington, VT
- Affiliation: Vermont Department of Health
- Fields of Interest:
mechanistic toxicology, human health risk assessment, exposure science
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Keith Robinson
- Office Location: Pembroke, NH
- Affiliation: United States Geological Survey
- Fields of Interest:
hydrology, flooding, water quality
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MaryJo Feuerbach
- Office Location: Boston, MA
- Affiliation: United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Fields of Interest:
Land use and watershed management planning; Lake Champlain Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs); pollutant reduction technologies; U.S. Clean Water Act programs.
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Andrew Schroth
- Office Location: Burlington, VT
- Affiliation: University of Vermont
- Fields of Interest:
Low temperature biogeochemistry; nutrient and pollutant mobility and cycling in watersheds, lakes, estuaries, and oceans; impacts of global or regional environmental change on biogeochemical systems; nutrient and algal bloom dynamics within the Lake Champlain Basin
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Martin Mimeault
- Office Location: Longueuil, QC
- Affiliation: Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques
- Fields of Interest:
Technical coordination at the Montérégie Regional Office of MDDELCC for the Agreement on Phosphorus Reduction in Missisquoi Bay (Quebec and Vermont); development and implementation of the Action Plan for the Reduction of Phosphorus in Missisquoi Bay, the Water Quality and Biological Monitoring Project and the Monitoring and Evaluation of Blue-Green Algae Project for Missisquoi Bay with Quebec and Vermont partners; representing the Government of Québec and the MDDELCC on inter-jurisdictional management committees related to the Lake Champlain basin.
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Jamie Shanley
- Office Location: Montpelier, VT
- Affiliation: United States Geological Survey; University of Vermont
- Fields of Interest:
Hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles; physical, chemical, and isotopic approaches to identify water sources and track water flowpaths from precipitation and snowmelt, through the subsurface, to the stream; mercury movement in streamwater in forested and agricultural landscapes; the effects of ski resort development on water quantity and quality.
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Dennis DeWeese
- Office Location: Syracuse, NY
- Affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture
- Fields of Interest:
agriculture; water quality
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Rebecca Pfeiffer
- Office Location: Essex Junction, VT
- Affiliation: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
- Fields of Interest:
Technical assistance, education, and outreach to ensure compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and state regulatory requirements in northwestern Vermont communities, Northwest Regional Floodplain Manager (VTDEC)
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