Linda Gundersen, scientist emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey, will present “’Ethics, Scientific Integrity and Diversity in the Research Environment” on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The seminar will be held in the Building 402 Auditorium at 10 a.m. All employees whose schedules permit are invited to attend.
Biography
Among Linda Gundersen’s positions during her 30-plus years with the U.S. Geological Survey was chief scientist for geology where she directed $260M in earth science programs including hazards, resources and climate change. Later she became the first director of the Office of Science Quality and Integrity, where she established and directed scientific integrity, ethics, education, career development, publication quality and research excellence programs. Gundersen went on to help develop scientific integrity policies for the Department of Interior, American Geosciences Institute and American Geophysical Union. She recently served on the Geological Society of America’s Ad Hoc Committee on Ethics and is currently working with the Carnegie Institute of Science to update its scientific integrity policy. She is the editor and an author of the book “Scientific Integrity and Ethics in the Geosciences” (2017).