Member Since 2008
Geoff S. Plumlee
Chief Scientist of the USGS, US Geological Survey Director's Office
USGS Chief Scientist 2019-present—Strategic vision & counsel on transdisciplinary science to USGS Director/workforce, federal committees, external partners. DEIA/EJ ally. USGS Assoc Dir 2016-2019—Led USGS research on environ health. USGS environ geochemist 1983-2016, Center Director 1996-2001—Convergent research on mineral resources, environment, disasters, and human health. 150+ publications. AGU Council 2015-2018—Proposed, helped launch GeoHealth Section. PhD Geochem Harvard, BS Geol UNM.
Professional Experience
US Geological Survey Director's Office
Chief Scientist of the USGS
2019 - Present
USGS
Associate Director, Environmental Health
2016 - 2020
USGS Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center Denver
Research Geochemist and Center Director
1996 - 2016
USGS Geological Survey
Research Geochemist
1983 - 1996
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Education
Harvard University
Doctorate
1989
University of New Mexico Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Bachelors
1980
AGU Abstracts
The Sustainable Land Imaging Partnership to Support Long-Term Science, Public, and Commercial Services
PLANNING FOR OBSERVATION CONTINUITY: SCIENTIFIC NEEDS, DECISION SUPPORT VALUE, AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES I ORAL
science and society | 14 december 2023
Timothy S. Stryker, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Timothy R...
Continued monitoring of land surface, coastal, and surface water phenomena is required for environmentally sustainable land use management, resource u...
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Transdisciplinary USGS Earth-System Science to Advance National Security
ADVANCING NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH SCIENCE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AGU COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE I ORAL
union sessions | 13 december 2022
Geoffrey S. Plumlee
Humans act within and upon a complex earth system that is a dynamic mix of myriad interacting earth, biological, physical, and chemical processes acro...
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USGS science helps protect the safety and health of the Nation’s communities from the effects of disasters
FALL MEETING 2018
13 december 2018
Geoffrey S. Plumlee, David Applegate
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Volunteer History
2019 - 2021
Chair
Geohealth Canvassing Committee
2019 - 2020
Chair
Joint Sections Fellows Committee
2019 - 2019
Chair
Geohealth Fellows Committee