Lucinda Johnson Ph.D.

Areas of interest include environmental assessment and bioindicators, impacts of climate change, decision making in the environmental sciences. Research projects include: effects of multiple stressors on aquatic communities; testing indicators of coastal ecosystem integrity; predicting impacts of climate change on stream communities; development of tools for managing and communicating science to end users.

Professional Honor

Lucinda has been named a 2020 Fellow by the Society for Freshwater Science. Her research focuses on what effects humans have on aquatic ecosystems, especially in the areas of land use and climate change. Johnson serves the EPA's Office of Research and Development as the vice chair of the executive committee of the Board of Scientific Counselors.

Professional Service

• International Joint Commission Science Advisory Board, EPA Board of Scientific Counselors Executive Committee, Board Member Friends of the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve; Science Advisor to Environmental Law Policy Center.
• Graduate Faculty, Water Resources Science and Integrated Biological Science, 2000 - present
• Instructor, University of Minnesota Duluth; Landscape Ecology, Stream Ecology

Education

• Ph.D., Zoology, Michigan State University, 1999
• M.S., Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, 1984
• B.A., Duke University, 1976

Recent Publications