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Member Since 2008
Geoff S. Plumlee
Chief Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Chief Scientist (2019-2024), retired 12/24: Strategic vision on transdisciplinary science to USGS Director & workforce, federal committees, external partners. 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.
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Professional Experience
U.S. Geological Survey
Chief Scientist Emeritus
2025 - Present
US Geological Survey Director's Office
Chief Scientist
2019 - 2025
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Chief Scientist
2019 - 2024
U.S. Geological Survey
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 Main Campus
Bachelors
1980
Geoff's AGU Research
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Transdisciplinary USGS Earth-System Science to Advance Environmental, Health, and Natural Resource Security
BUILDING COMMUNITY COOPERATION IN DEVELOPING AND SHARING SCIENCE APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY, NATURAL HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY I ORAL
science and society | 12 december 2024
The role of USGS earth-system science in helping tackle public health and wildlife health challenges posed by mineral particles
TRANSDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ON HAZARDOUS MINERAL PARTICLES TO UNDERSTAND GEOHEALTH/ONE HEALTH POSTER
geohealth | 10 december 2024
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
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
USGS science helps protect the safety and health of the Nation’s communities from the effects of disasters
FALL MEETING 2018
13 december 2018
U.S. Geological Survey Science at the Intersection of Health and Environment
FALL MEETING 2016
15 december 2016
Get People Talking: Sharing Tsunami Science Beyond the Web
FALL MEETING 2016
14 december 2016
2013 Flood Waters “Flush” Pharmaceuticals and other Contaminants of Emerging Concern into the Water and Sediment of the South Platte River, Colorado
FALL MEETING 2016
13 december 2016
Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2021
Chair
Geohealth Canvassing Committee
2019 - 2020
Chair
Joint Sections Fellows Committee
2019 - 2019
Chair
Geohealth Fellows Committee
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Honors & Awards
GeoHealth Section Award
Received December 2021