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Heather Golden
Biographical Information
Name: Heather Golden
Title: Physical Scientist
Contact Info:
Regulatory Support Branch
Ecosystems Research Division
National Exposure Research Laboratory
Office of Research and Development
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
960
College Station Road
Athens , Georgia
30605
Telephone: 706-355-8327
Fax: 706-355-8302
Email: golden.heather@epa.gov
Education:
Ph.D. Forest and Natural Resources Management (Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management), SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 2007
Dissertation: Role of multiple stressors on watershed nitrogen response across New York State
M.A. Geography (Physical Geography and Geomorphology), East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1998
B.S. Earth Science, Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, 1995
Expertise:
- Multi-scale estimates of atmospheric, landscape, and topographically-regulated sources and fate of nutrients to surface water systems using spatial modeling techniques
- Rates and patterns of atmospheric deposition of nitrogen to watersheds using multiple techniques and GIS-based modeling approaches in a variety of land use settings (forested, agricultural, sub-urban)
Current Research Interests:
- Modeling watershed-scale fate and transport of coupled stressors on aquatic ecosystems
- Linking process-based and statistical watershed modeling approaches for ecological risk and exposure assessments
Professional Experience
Research Fellow, EPA Greater Research Opportunities, Syracuse, NY, 8/2004-5/2007
Research Assistant, New York City Watershed Agricultural Council, Syracuse, NY, 8/2002-6/2003
Watershed Planning Specialist, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, PA, 1/2002-8/2002
Environmental Scientist (Consultant), Mackin Engineering Company, Pittsburgh, PA, 3/2000-1/2002
Watershed Planner, Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, WV, 6/1999-3/2000
Research Assistant, US Department of Agriculture, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1/1997-5/1998
Research Assistant, New Jersey Sea Grant, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 8/1996-1/1997
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Golden, HE and EW Boyer. 2007. Contemporary estimates of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to watersheds of New York state. Journal of Environmental Quality, In review.
Golden, HE, EW Boyer, MG Brown, and RH Germain. 2007. Identifying factors controlling nitrogen fluxes from contrasting catchments, with implications for watershed management. Journal of Environmental Management, In review.
Phillips, JD, HE Golden, K Cappiella, B Andrews, T Middleton, D Downer, D Kelli, and L Padrick 1999. Soil redistribution and pedological transformations in coastal plain croplands. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 24: 23-39.
Non-Reviewed Publications:
Golden, HE. 2007. Role of Multiple Stressors on Watershed Nitrogen Response Across New York State. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
Golden, HE, EW Boyer, and RH Germain. 2006. Patterns of Wet Nitrogen Deposition in Forested and Mixed Land Use Watersheds of New York. Society of American Foresters 2006 National Convention Proceedings, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2006.
Golden, HE, EW Boyer, DA Burns, EM Elliott, CA Kendall, and TJ Butler. 2005. Elucidating Sources and Factors Affecting Delivery of Nitrogen to Surface Waters of New York State. Eos Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement 86(52), Abstract #B51A-0187.
Golden, HE, EW Boyer, EM Elliott, CA Kendall, DA Burns, and TJ Butler. 2004. Quantifying Atmospheric Nitrogen Sources in Major Watersheds of New York State. Eos Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement 85(47), Abstract #B13B-0219.
Golden, HE. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Historic Alluvial Sedimentation in the North Carolina Coastal Plain. 1998. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1998
Recent Presentations:
Golden, HE and EW Boyer. 2006. Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Wet Nitrogen Deposition for New York State. Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, September 26, 2006.
Golden, HE and EW Boyer. 2006. Distribution of Contemporary Wet Nitrogen Deposition in New York State’s Watersheds. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, New York, USA, September 11, 2006.
Golden, HE. 2005. The Spatial Distribution of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition & Links to Water Quality: Studies from New York and South Korea. Guest Speaker, Watershed Sciences Lab Group, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, September 28, 2005.
Golden, HE. 2005. Approaches for Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Atmospheric Nitrogen. Guest Speaker, Seoul National University, Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 29, 2005.
Golden HE, EW Boyer, RH Germain, & CA Kendall. 2004. Role of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in Forests of New York. Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, October 11, 2004.
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
National Science Foundation, East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Program Fellowship, 6/2005-8/2005
C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Award in Forest and Natural Resources Management, 4/2005
EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship, 8/2004-5/2007
National Science Foundation, Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 7/2003-6/2004
State University of New York – CESF, Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 3/2003- 8/2003