Audra Hinson, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory Bldg. 007, Rm. 104, BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA Voice: (301) 504-7490 Fax: (301) 504-8931 Audra.Hinson@usda.gov

Research Interests:

• Biogeochemical and microbial ecology in wetland (freshwater and tidal), riparian, and coastal ocean ecosystems.
• Ecosystem services, ecology, and conservation in aquatic and forest ecosystems.
• Pollinator ecology and pollination ecosystem services.
• Geospatial analysis, ecosystem modeling, scientific data science and management.
• Climate change and human impacts in aquatic and integrated aquatic/agricultural ecosystems.

Education:

• 2017 Ph.D. (Ecosystem Science and Management) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
• 2013 B.S. (Environmental Geoscience) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Professional Experience:

• 2023 - present: Research Ecologist/Research Associate at USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD.
• 2020 - 2023: ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow at USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
• 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow II at Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.
• 2018 - 2020: NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Mentor (NIMBioS), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
• 2018 - 2020: Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
• 2013 - 2017: Research Assistant at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
• 2014 - 2015: T.A. Mentor for Texas A&M Teaching Center for Excellence, College Station, Texas, USA.
• 2013 - 2016: Teaching Assistant at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
• 2013: Lab Technician at Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

Awards:

• 2017: Tom Slick Fellowship
• 2015: Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
• 2013: NSF STEM Scholarship
• 2013: Excellence in Oceanography Award (research) (Texas A&M University)

Professional Service:

• 2019: Mentor for Expanding Your Horizons, STEM for young girls
• 2018 - present: Member of Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

Publication Databases: 

• ORCID

Selected Publications: 

Hinson, A., Papoulis, S., Fiet, L., … and Talmy, D., 2023. A model of algal‐virus population dynamics reveals underlying controls on material transfer. Limnology and Oceanography, 68(1), pp.165-180.

Sala, E., Mayorga, J., Bradley, D., … Hinson, A., … and Lubchenco, J. Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate. 2021. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03371-z

Hinson, A.L., Feagin, R.A., Eriksson, M., … and Boutton, T., 2017. The spatial distribution of soil organic carbon concentrations in tidal wetland soils of the continental United States. Global Change Biology 23: 54685480. DOI 10.1111/gcb.13811

Hinson, A. L., R. A. Feagin, and M. Eriksson. 2019. Environmental Controls on the Distribution of Tidal Wetland Soil Organic Carbon in the Continental United States. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33.11: 1408-1422. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006179

Du, L., McCarty, G.W., Li, X., … Hinson, A.L. and Zou, Z., 2021. Spatial extrapolation of topographic models for mapping soil organic carbon using local samples. Geoderma, 404, p.115290.

Bianchi, T.S., Feagin, R.A., Allison,M., …., Hinson, A., …and Barry, S., 2019. The Fate and Transport of Allochthonous Blue Carbon in Divergent Coastal Systems, Chapter 4 in: L. Windham-Myers, S. Crooks, and T. Troxler (eds.). A Blue Carbon Primer: The State of Coastal Wetland Carbon Science, Policy, and Practice. CRC Press, Boca Raton, London.

Feagin, R.A., Forbrich, I., Huff, T.P., … Hinson, A.L., Bergamaschi, B., and King, J.S.. 2019. Tidal wetland Gross Primary Production across the continental United States, 2000-2018. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34(2), e2019GB006349.

Najjar, R. G., Herrmann, M., Alexander, R., … Hinson, A.L., … and Zimmerman, R.C. 2018. Carbon budget of tidal wetlands, estuaries, and shelf waters of eastern North America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32(3), 389-416. 

Windham-Myers, L., Cai, W.-J., Alin, S. R., … Hinson, A. L., … and Watson, E. B., 2018. Chapter 15: Tidal wetlands and estuaries. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report. [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M. A. Mayes, R. G. Najjar, S. C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 596-648, DOI:10.7930/SOCCR2.2018.Ch15