Scott Hemmerling

Geographer

Short Biography

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Geography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2007.  Dissertation: Environmental Equity in Southeast Louisiana: Oil, People, Policy, and the Geography of Industrial Hazards

Master of Science, Urban Studies, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999.

Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies (Minor: Physical Geography), State University of New York at Buffalo, 1992.

Employment

July 2006-Present: Geographer - US Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Coastal Restoration Field Station, Baton Rouge, LA

December 2005-July 2006: GIS Specialist - IAP World Services, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

June 2005-December 2005: Spatial Analysis Technician - IAP World Services, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

December 2001-June 2005: Research Assistant - Louisiana State University/Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico Coastal Marine Institute, Baton Rouge, LA

August 1999-December 2001: Graduate Assistant - Louisiana State University CADGIS Research Laboratory, Baton Rouge, LA

January 1995-August 1999: Staff Entomologist/Keeper - The Audubon Institute, New Orleans, LA

March 1994-January 1995: Environmental Recovery Technician - OHM Remediation Services, Findlay, OH

Publications

Scott A. Hemmerling and Craig E. Colten. 2004. "Environmental Justice and the Spatial Distribution of Oil-Related Infrastructure in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana." The Southwestern Geographer, Vol. 8, pp. 65-98.

Nicole F. Lorenz, Scott A. Hemmerling, and Andrew Curtis. 2004. Identification of Potential Habitat Sites for the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrepene ornate), the Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway), and the Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) using GIS Capabilities, Unpublished Report for the Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA, 30 pp.

Scott A. Hemmerling and Craig E. Colten. 2003. Environmental Justice Considerations in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana: Final Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA, OCS Study MMS 2003-038. 354 pp.

My Science Topics

My USGS Science Strategy Areas