Southwest State University

1995 to 1999 Marshall, MN

Major:   Biology with Environmental Emphasis

Degree:  B.A.  

University of Charleston

1999 to 2002 Charleston, SC

Major:   Marine Biology

Degree:  M.Sc.

Dissertation title - "Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs"

Reiki Master• July 2019 • Natural Healer

Usui Lineage

200 Hour Yoga Alliance • October 2016 • Rishikul Yogshala

Ashtanga, Hatha, and Meditation with Ayurveda emphasis

Biologist • National institute of Standards and technology (NIST) • 

January 2001 to April 2022

Perform environmental organic chemical analyses for SRMs and other samples and teach others

Lead, organize, and promote  Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project

Write reports, manuscripts, and present at international meetings

Science Fellow • US Embassy Koror • November 2019 to February 2020

Co-create Our Ocean Conference suggesting invited guests and themes

Facilitate high school student involvement in sustainable fisheries

Connect with citizens and create database of opportunities

Scientific Advisor • NIST • January 2017 to October 2017

Research and champion science to other institutions

Co-host meetings and workshops and provide logistical support

Develop staff apperception and training opportunities

Teaching Assistant • University of Charleston and Southwest State University (SSU) 

September 1995 to May 2000

Design and create science activities for K-8th grade

Lead tours, day camps and undergraduate lectures and experiments

Water Quality Technician • LLMP Public Health • January to August 1999

Collect, analyze, and report results for drinking water samples to general public

Design and execute groundwater monitoring program, create logo, and community outreach for program

Conduct restaurant safety inspections

Co-Founder/Priestess • A Living Temple • September 2020 to Present

Provide logistical and emotional support

Facilitate ceremonies

Serve as secretary and treasurer

Co-Founder • Emergence Burn • January 2018 to Present

Plan and organize 5 day camping experience for 300+

Recruit participants and volunteers

Lead art grants, conduct committee, sanctuary, and temple building

Co-Founder • Chrysalis Forest • May 2017 to Present

Co-create intentional community

Lead sustainability efforts

Maintain finances

Founder • Yoga High/Connection Progression • November 2016 to Present

Create videos and social media post

Develop and facilitate yoga-based sessions

Plan and lead retreats

Intern • Texas Tiny Houses • November 2022

Learn salvage building techniques

Custom build closet, extending storage bench, and adjustable tables

Care for airbnb rentals

Wilderness Therapy Field Staff • TRAILS Carolina • July to September 2018

Co-lead groups of 10-15 students on camping excursions

Facilitate learning experiences

Write daily reports on student progress

Customer Service Agent • Lyon Financial Services • January 1998 to January 1999

Politely answer customer phone calls

Record notes of conversations and communicate issues with supervisors 

Type and send response letters

Assistant • JVM, Co. • October 1997 to January 1998

Greet customers and answer phone calls

Scan and discard old tax forms

Clean office

Lifeguard/Water safety instructor • City of Edgerton/minneota and SSU • June 1994 to December 1999

Proactively ensure safe use of swimming pool and surrounding area

Develop lesson plans and teach swimming lessons to infants - adults

Sell consessions

A. Reviewed Journals

1. Christopher, S.J., Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Day, R.D., and Becker, P.R. “Determination of Mercury in the Eggs of Common Murres (Uria aalge) for the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project.” J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 17, 1-7 (2002).

2. Kucklick, J.R., Tuerk, K.J.S., Vander Pol, S.S., Schantz, M.M., and Wise, S.A. “Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Congeners and Toxaphene in Selected Marine Standard Reference Materials.” Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 378, 1147-1151 (2004).

3. Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K.S., York, G.W. “Persistent Organic Pollutants in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs:  Geographical, Species, and Temporal Comparisons.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 38, 1305-1312 (2004).

4. Davis, W.C., Vander Pol, S.S., Schantz, M.M., Long, S.E., and Christopher, S.J.  “An Accurate and Sensitive method for the Determination of Methylmercury in Biological Specimens Using GC-ICPMS with Solid Phase Microextraction.”  J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 19, 1546-1551 (2004).

5. Day, R.D., Vander Pol, S.S., Christopher, S.J., Davis, W.C., Pugh, R.S., Simac, K.S., Roseneau, D.G., Becker, P.R.  “Murre Eggs (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia) as Indicators of Mercury Contamination in the Alaskan Marine Environment.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 40, 659-665 (2006).  

6. Poster, D.L, Kucklick, J.R., Schantz, M.M., Vander Pol, S.S., Leigh, S.D., and Wise, S.A. “Development of a House Dust Standard Reference Material for the Determination of Organic Contaminants” Environ. Sci. Technol., 41, 2861-2867 (2007).

7. Wise, S.A., Poster, D.L., Kucklick, J.R., Keller, J.M, Vander Pol, S.S., Sander, L.C., and Schantz, M.M. “Standard Reference Material (SRMs) for Determination of Organic Contaminants in Environmental Samples” Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 386, 1153-1190 (2006).

8. Vander Pol, S.S., Ellisor, M.B, Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R, Poster, D.L, Schantz, M.M., Leigh, S.D., Wakeford, B.J, Roseneau, D.G., and Simac, K.S. “Development of a Murre (Uria spp.) Egg Control Material” Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 387, 2357-2363 (2007).

9. Schantz, M.M., Keller, J.M., Kucklick, J.R., Poster, D.L., Stapleton, H.M., Vander Pol, S.S. and Wise, S.A. “New Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2585 Organic Contaminants in House Dust to Support Exposure Assessment Measurements” Am. Lab., 39, 22-28 (2007).

10. Vander Pol, S.S. and Becker P.R. “Monitoring Contaminants in Seabirds: The Importance of Specimen Banking” Mar. Ornithol., 35, 113-118 (2007).

11. Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., and Roseneau, D.G. “Monitoring Organic Contaminants in Eggs of Glaucous and Glaucous-Winged Gulls (Larus hyperboreus and Larus glaucescens) from Alaska” Environ. Pollut., 157, 755-762 (2009). 

12. Vander Pol, S.S., Kucklick, J.R., Leigh, S.D., Porter, B.J., and Schantz, M.M. “Separation of 26 Toxaphene Congeners and Measurement in Air Particulate SRMs Compared to Technical Toxaphene SRM 3067: Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 397, 483-492 (2010).

13. Vander Pol, S,S., Hobson, K.A., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S. and Roseneau, D.G.” Geographic Differences in Organic Contaminants and Stable Isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) in Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) Eggs from Alaska” J. Environ. Monitor., 13, 699-705 (2011).

14. Point, D., Sonke, J.E., Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G., Hobson, K.A., Vander Pol, S.S., Donard, O.F.X. and Becker P.R. “Methylmercury Photodegradation Influenced by Sea-Ice Cover in Arctic Marine Ecosystems” Nat. Geosci., 4, 188-194 (2011).

15. Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G., Berail, S., Hobson, K.A., Donard, O.F.X., Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A.J., Long, S.E., and Becker P.R. “Mercury Stable Isotopes in Seabird Eggs Reflect a Gradient from Terrestrial Geogenic to Oceanic Mercury Reservoirs” Environ. Sci. Technol., 46, 5327-5335 (2012).

16.  Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G., Vander Pol, S.S., Hobson, K.A., Donard, O.F.X., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A.J., and Becker P.R. “Regional, temporal, and species patterns of mercury in Alaskan seabird eggs: Mercury sources and cycling or food web effects?” Environ. Pollut., 166, 226-232 (2012).  

17. Vander Pol, S.S., Anderson, D.W., Jodice, P.G.R and Stuckey, J.E. “East versus West: Organic Contaminant Differences in Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Eggs from South Carolina, USA and the Gulf of California, Mexico” Sci. Total Environ. 438, 527-532 (2012).

18. Schantz, M.M., Eppe, G., Focant, J.F., Hamilton, C, Heckert, N.A., Heltsley, R.M., Hoover, D., Keller, J.M., Leigh, S.D., Patterson, D.G., Jr., Pintar, A.L., Sharpless, K.E., Sjödon, A., Turner, W.E., Vander Pol, S.S., and Wise, S.A., "Milk and Serum SRMs for Monitoring Organic Contaminants in Human Samples," Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 405, 1203-12011 (2013).

19. Schantz, M.M., Benner Jr, B.A., Heckert, N.A., Sander, L.C., Sharpless, K.E., Vander Pol, S.S. Vasquez, Y. Villegas, M., Wise, S.A., Alwis, K.U., Blount, B.C., Calafat, A.M, Li, Z., Silva, M.J., Ye, X., Gaudreau, E., Patterson Jr, D.G. & Sjödin, A. “Development of urine standard reference materials for metabolites of organic chemicals including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, phenols, parabens, and volatile organic compounds,” Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 407, 2945-2954 (2015).

20. Schantz, M.M., Pugh, R.S., Vander Pol, S.S., Wise, S.A. “Long-term stability and temporal trends of organic contaminants in four collections of mussel tissue frozen standard reference materials,” Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 407, 3253-3258 (2015).

21. Schantz, M.M., Cleveland, D., Heckert, N.A., Kucklick, R.R., Leigh, S., Long, S., Lynch, J., Murphy, K.E., Olfaz, R., Pintar, A., Porter, B., Rabb, S., Vander Pol, S., Wise, S., Zeisler, R. “Development of Two Fine Particulate Matter Standard Reference Materials (<4 µm and <10 µm) for the Determination of Organic and Inorganic Constituents” Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 408, 4257-4266 (2016).

22. Colabuono, F.I., Vander Pol, S.S., Huncik, K.M., Taniguchi, S., Petry, M.V., Kucklick, J.R., Montone, R.C. “Persistent organic pollutants in blood samples of Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica” Environ Pollut. 216, 38-45 (2016).

23. Jackson, A., Evers, D.C., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Ackerman, J.T., Willacker, J.J., Elliott, J.E., Lepak, J.M., Vander Pol, S.S., Bryan, C.E. “Mercury risk to avian piscivores across western United States and Canada” Sci. Total Environ. 568, 685-696 (2016).

24. Ackerman, J.T., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Herzog, M.P, Hartman, C.A., Peterson, S.H., Evers, D.C., Jackson, A.K., Elliott, J.E., Vander Pol, S.S., Bryan, C.E. “Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: A synthesis” Sci. Total Environ. 568, 749-769 (2016).

25. Riget, F., Bingert, A., Braune, B., Dam, M., Dietz, R., Evans, M., Green, N., Gunnlaugsdóttir, H., Kucklick, J., Letcher, R., Muir, D., Schuur, S., Sonne, C., Stern, G., Tomy, G., Vorkamp, K., Wilson, S. “Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Arctic marine and freshwater biota” Sci. Total Environ. 649, 99-110 (2019).

26. Dietz, R., Letcher, R. J., Desforges, J.-P., Eulaers, I., Sonne, C., Wilson, S., Andersen-Ranberg, E., Basu, N., Barst, B.D., Bustnes, J.O., Bytingsvik, J., Ciesielski, T.M., Drevnick, P.E., Garielsen, G.W., Haarr, A., Hylland, K, Jenssen, B.J., Levin, M., McKinney, M.A., Nørregaard, R.D., Pedersen, K.E.,Provencher, J., Styrishave, B., Tartu, S., Aars, J., Ackerman, J.T., Rosing-Asvid, A., Barrett, R., Bignert, A., Born, E,W., Branigan, M., Braune, B., Bryan, C.E., Dam, M., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Evans, M., Evans, T.J., Fisk, A.T., Gamberg, M., Gustavson, K., Hartman, C.A., Helander, B., Herzog, M.P., Hoekstra, P.F., Houde, M., Hoydal, K., Jackson, A.K., Kucklick, J., Lie, E.,Loseto, L., Mallory, M.L., Miljeteig, C.,Mosbech, A.,Muir, D.C.G., Nielsen, S.T., Peacock, E., Pedro, S., Peterson, S.H., Polder, A., Rigét, F.F., Roach, P., Saunes, H., Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.S., Skaare, J.U., Søndergaard, J., Stenson, G., Stern, G., Treu, G., Schuur, S.S., Víkingsson, G. “Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish”. Sci. Total Environ, 696, 133792. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133792 (2019).

27. Kalia, V., Schuur, S.S., Hobson, K.A., Howard, H.C., Waller, L.A., Hare, S., Gribble, M.O. “Relationship between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in sympatric Alaskan seabird (Uria aalge and U. lomvia) eggs between 1999 and 2010.” Chemosphere, 262:127520. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127520. (2021 Jan - Epub 2020 Jul 23).

28. Mahynski, N.A., Ragland, J.M., Schuur, S.S., Pugh, R., Shen, V.K. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) Data from 1999-2010.” J. Res. NIST 126:126028. doi: https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.126.028 Data: https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-2431 (17 Dec 2021).

29. Hong, S.H, Reiner, J.L., Jang, M., Schuur, S.S., Han, G.M., Kucklick, J.R., Shim, W.J. “Levels and profiles of perfluorinated alkyl acids in birds with different habitat types and trophic levels from an urbanized coastal region of South Korea.” Sci. Total Environ. 806(3):151263. (1 Feb 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151263

30. Mahynski, N.A., Ragland, J.M., Schuur, S.S., and Shen, V.K. "Building Interpretable Machine Learning Models to Identify Chemometric Trends in Seabirds of the North Pacific Ocean." Environ. Sci. & Technol. 56(20):14361-14374 (5 Oct 2022). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01894

B. Book Chapters, Meeting Proceedings, etc.

1. Kucklick, J.R., Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Pugh, R.S., Simac, K., York, G.W., Roseneau, D.G. “Persistent organic pollutants in murre eggs from the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea,” 22nd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Barcelona, Spain, 11-16 August 2002. Organohalogen Compd. 59:13-16.

2. Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K., York, G.W. “Trends in concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in eggs from Alaskan murre colonies,” Second AMAP International Symposium on Environmental Pollution of the Arctic, Rovaniemi, Finland, October 1-4, 2002. Extended abstract 0-025. AMAP Rep. 2002.2, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), Oslo, Norway.

3. Vander Pol, S.S., Christopher, S.J., Day, R., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K., York, G.W. “Trends in concentrations of mercury in eggs from Alaskan murre colonies,” Second AMAP International Symposium on Environmental Pollution of the Arctic, Rovaniemi, Finland, October 1-4, 2002. Extended abstract P-M40. AMAP Rep. 2002.2, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), Oslo, Norway.

4. Vander Pol, S.S., Christopher, S.J., Roseneau, D.G., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Simac, K.S., York, G.W. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project:  Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 1999 – 2002,” NISTIR 7029, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2003).

5. Kucklick, J.R., Tuerk, K.J.S., Vander Pol, S.S., Schantz, M.M., Porter, B.J., Wise, S.A.  “Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners and toxaphene in selected marine standard reference materials.”    23rd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Boston, MA, 24-29 August 2003. Organohalogen Compd. 60:126-129.

6. Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R. “Chemicals in Arctic Seabirds: I. Annotated Bibliography” NISTIR 7196, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2005).

7. Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S. “Geographical, Species and Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs”. 25th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and 20th International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Toronto, Canada, 21-26 August 2005. Organohalogen Compd. 67:923-926.

8. Kucklick, J.R., Schantz, M.M., Keller, J.M., Vander Pol, S.S., Heltsley, R., Patterson, D.G., Jr., Poster, D.L., Sharpless, K.E., Sjödin, A., Turner, W.E., and Wise, S.A. “New Human Reference Materials Produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Analysis of Persistent Organic Pollutants.” 26th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Oslo, Norway, 21-25 August 2006. Organohalogen Compd. 68:1384-1385.

9. Poster D.L., Kucklick J.R., Keller J.M., Vander Pol S.S., Schantz M.M., Sander L.C., and Wise S.A. “Recent Developments in Environmental Tissue Standard Reference Materials for the Determination of Organohalogen Compounds” 26th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Oslo, Norway, 21-25 August 2006. Organohalogen Compd. 68:1394-1397.

10. Pugh, R.S., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R., Point, D., and Becker, P R., “Current Avian Projects of the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB), Charleston, SC, USA,” International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories Annual Meeting, Singapore, 31 May 2007. Cell Preserv. Technol., 5(1): 45-45 (2007).

11. Kucklick, J.R., Becker, P.R., Pugh, R.S., Porter, B.J., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Peck, A., Stapleton, H., Vander Pol, S.S., Keller, J., Christopher, S.J., Davis, W.C., Point, D., Day, R.D., Schantz, M.M. “Temporal and Spatial Trends of Emerging and Legacy Contaminants from Samples Archived in the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank.” Dioxin 2007: 27th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Tokyo, Japan, 2-7 September 2007. Organohalogen Compd. 69: 508-511. (2007).

12. Point, D., Day, R.D., Sonke, J.E., Vander Pol, S.S., Roseneau, D.G., Donard, O F X., Simac, K., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., and Becker, P.R., “Mercury Isotopes Fractionation in the Alaskan Marine Environment along an Arctic/Subarctic Transect,” Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July 2008. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 72(12): Supplement 755 (2008).

13. Roseneau, D.G., Becker, P.R., Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R.D. Point, K.S., Moors, A.J., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., and York, G.S. “Expanding the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) in the North Pacific: Geographic Patterns in Contaminant Residues in Seabird Eggs used in Rural Subsistence Diets” North Pacific Research Board Final Report Project 0534 (2008). 

14. Schantz, M.M., Keller, J.M, Kucklick, J.R., Patterson Jr, D.G., Sharpless, K.E., Sjodin, A., Turner, W.E, Vander Pol, S.S., and Wise, S.A. “SRMs for Monitoring Human Exposure to Organic Contaminants” 28th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Birmingham, UK, 17-22 August 2008. Organohalogen Compd. 70:1874-1877 (2008).

15. Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Guichard, A., Moors, A.J., Point, D., Pugh, R.S., and Roseneau, D.G. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project:  Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2002 - 2005” NISTIR 7562, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2009). 

16. Becker, P. R., Pugh, R. S., Moors, A. J., Rust, L. B., Porter, B. J., Mackey, E. A., Schantz, M. M., Zeisler, R., Kucklick, J. R., Vander Pol, S. S., Keller, J. M., Christopher, S. J., Day, R. D., Point, D., and Wise, S. A., “Environmental Specimen Banking at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA),” in: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Chapter 1. Environmental Specimen Banking, Becker, P. R., Wise, S. A., Gunter, E. W., and Tanabe, S. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany (2009)

17. Rust, L. B., Pugh, R. S., Moors, A. J., Vander Pol, S. S., Roseneau, D. G., and Becker, P. R., "Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project: Project Overview and Updated Protocols for Collecting and Banking Seabird Eggs," NISTIR 7678, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2010).

18. Kucklick, J.R., Schantz, M.M., Keller, J.M, Vander Pol, S.S., Hoguet, J., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A.J. and Wise, S.A. “Recent and Upcoming Environmental Matrix Standard Reference Materials for Organohalogen Compounds” 30th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) San Antonio, Texas, 12-17 September 2010. Organohalogen Compd. 72:783-785 (2010).

19. Roseneau, D.G., Day, R.D., Vander Pol, S.S., Hobson, K.A., Tahbone, S., Pugh, R.S, Moors, A.J, Rust, L.B., Donard, O.F.X, Berail, S., Long, S.E., and Becker, P.R. “North Pacific Research Board Project Final Reports: Mercury levels in murre and gull eggs harvested for food in the Norton Sound – Bering Strait region and potential sources of contamination” North Pacific Research Board Final Report Project 822 (2011).

20. Kucklick, J., Schantz, M., Vander Pol, S., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A, Roderick, J., Ness, J., Peterson, D. and Wise, S. “A New Reference Material for Organohaolgen Measurement: SRM 1974C Organics in Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis)” 32nd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Cairns, Australia 26-31 August 2012. Organohalogen Compd. 74:150-152 (2012).

21. Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Berail, S., Day, R.D., Donard, O.F.X, Hobson, K.A., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Rust, L.B., Roseneau, D.G. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2006-2009” NISTIR 7872, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2012).

22. Vander Pol, S.S., Kucklick, J.R., Lynch, J.M., Pugh, R.S., Ragland, J.M., Reiner, J.L., Trevillian, J., and Schantz., M.M. “Lessons Learned from Monitoring Organic Contaminants in Three Decades of Marine Samples from the Pacific Basin Archived at the USA's Marine Environmental Specimen Bank,” in: Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment: Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries II Temporal Trends, Loganthan, B.G., Khim, J.S., Kodavanti, P.R.S., Masunga, S. (eds.), American Chemical Society, Washington, DC,  Chapter 1, pp 1-19 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/bk-2016-1244.ch001

23. Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Bryan, C.E., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G. “Annex 4. Description and interpretation of results from national trend studies: US-Alaska Seabirds” in: AMAP Assessment 2015: Persistent Organic Pollutants Temporal Trends. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway (2016). 

24. Kaiser, D.L., Alderoty, N., Cavanagh, R.R., Guttman, B., Hanisch, R.J., Morey, A.G., Pritchett, J., Ralchenko, Y., Schuur, S.S., Wallace, W.E. “Standard Reference Data Workshop Report” NIST SP 1225, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2018).

25. Schuur, S.S. “The Albatross About Our Neck: The State of our Oceans Revealed through the Family Diomedeidae” NISTIR 8411, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2022).

1. “Persistent Organic Pollutants in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs,” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Student Marine Biology Research Colloquium, Charleston, SC, 24 February 2001.

2. “Persistent Organic Pollutants in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs,” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G., York, G.W., Simac, K., Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22nd Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 15 November 2001. 

3. “Persistent Organic Pollutants in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs,” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Christopher, S.J., Roseneau, D.G., York, G.W, Simac, K., Student Marine Biology Research Colloquium, Charleston, SC, 23 February 2002.

4. “Persistent Organic Pollutants in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs,” Vander Pol, S.S., University of Charleston thesis defense, Charleston, SC, 8 October 2002.

5. “Comparing Persistent Pollutants in Eggs from Two Alaskan Seabird Species,” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Christopher, S.J., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K., York G.W., Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23rd Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 17 November 2002. (Poster)

6. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) Activities at NIST Charleston,” Vander Pol, S.S., Sub-panel review board, Gaithersburg, MD, 11 February 2003 (Invited).

7. “Mercury Concentration Trends in Eggs from Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Colonies,” Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R.D., Christopher, S.J., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K.S., and York, G.W., Carolina Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry annual meeting, Charleston, SC, 4 April 2003.

8. “Contaminant Concentration Trends in Eggs from Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Colonies” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Noon seminar series at Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, 14 July 2003 (Invited).

9. “Mercury Concentration Trends in Eggs from Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Colonies,” Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R.D., Christopher, S.J., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S, and Roseneau, D.G., Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24th Annual meeting, Austin, TX,  12 November 2003. 

10.  “Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs as Environmental Monitors”  Vander Pol, S.S., Roseneau, D.G., Becker, P.R., Christopher, S.J., Day, R.D., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S, Simac, K.S., York, G.W.  Pacific Seabird Group 31st Annual Meeting, La Paz, BCS, Mexico, 22 January 2004, Abstract p. 75.

11.  “Lessons learned from a comprehensive literature review and development of a database on contaminants in arctic seabirds” Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Vander Pol, J.R. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 18 November 2004. Abstract PH213, p. 461. (Poster).

12.  “Lessons learned from a comprehensive literature review and development of a database on contaminants in arctic seabirds” Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Vander Pol, J.R. Pacific Seabird Group 32nd Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 20-21 January 2005.  Abstract p. 113-114. (Poster).

13.  “Geographical, Species and Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S. 25th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and 20th International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Toronto, Canada, 21-26 August 2005.

14.  “Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) in Seabird Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S.  Hollings Marine Laboratory brown bag lunch seminar, Charleston, SC, 20 September 2005 (Invited).

15. “Applying Statistical Power Analysis to the Design of a Long-term Environmental Monitoring and Banking Program: Chemical Contaminants and the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)” Day, R.D., Becker, P.R., Vander Pol, S.S., Christopher, S.J., Pugh, R.S. Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K.S. International Environmental Specimen Bank Symposium, Charleston, SC, 13-16 November 2005. Abstract p. 29. (Poster).

16. “Use of Environmental Specimen Bank Resources to Evaluate the Impacts of Organotin Contaminants in Oceans” Point, D., Christopher, S.J., Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K.S., Donard, O.F.X. International Environmental Specimen Bank Symposium, Charleston, SC, 13-16 November 2005. Abstract p. 10. (Poster).

17. “Banking and Use of Seabird Eggs from the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S. International Environmental Specimen Bank Symposium,  Charleston, SC, 13-16 November 2005. Abstract p. 2. (Poster).

18. “Applying Statistical Power Analysis to the Design of a Long-term Environmental Monitoring and Banking Program: Chemical Contaminants and the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)” Day, R.D., Becker, P.R., Vander Pol, S.S., Christopher, S.J., Pugh, R.S. Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K.S. Marine Science in Alaska Symposium, Anchorage, AK, 22-25 January 2006. (Poster).

19. “Banking and Use of Seabird Eggs from the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S. Marine Science in Alaska Symposium, Anchorage, AK,  22-25 January 2006. (Poster).

20. “Distribution and Speciation Mercury and Organotin Compounds in Seabird Eggs from Colonies in the Alaskan Coastal Ecosystem” Point, D., Day, R.D., Vander Pol, S.S., Christopher, S.J., Simac, K.S., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Becker, P.R, Donard, O.F.X., and Chen, G.K. Marine Science in Alaska Symposium, Anchorage, AK, 22-25 January 2006. (Poster).

21. “Contaminants in Seabird Eggs: Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S., Chen G.K. Marine Science in Alaska Symposium, Anchorage, AK, 22-25 January 2006. (Poster).

22. “Distribution and Speciation Mercury and Organotin Compounds in Seabird Eggs from Colonies in the Alaskan Coastal Ecosystem” Point, D., Day, R.D., Vander Pol, S.S., Christopher, S.J., Simac, K.S., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Becker, P.R, Donard, O.F.X., and Chen, G.K. Pacific Seabird Group 33rd Annual Meeting, Girdwood, AK, 18 February  2006. Abstract p. 88. (Poster).

23. “Can Contaminant Analyses be used to Determine Species and Collection Location of Seabird Eggs?” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Point, D., Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S., Chen, G.K. Pacific Seabird Group 33rd Annual Meeting, Girdwood, AK, 19 February 2006. Abstract p. 101.

24. “Development of a New House Dust Standard Reference Material for the Determination of Organic Contaminants.” Poster D.L., Schantz, M.M., Keller, J.M., Kucklick, J.R.,  Porter, B.J., Stapleton, H.M., Vander Pol, S.S., Wise, S.A. 10th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM 10), Charleston, SC, 1-5 May 2006. Abstract p. 39. (Poster).

25. “Development of a Murre (Uria spp.) Egg Control Material” Vander Pol, S.S, Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R,  Poster, D.L., Schantz, M.M, Wakeford, B.J. Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S. 10th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM 10), Charleston, SC, 1-5 May 2006. Abstract p. 49. (Poster).

26. “Since Delisting: Monitoring Organic Contaminants in American Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S. Becker, P.R., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Green, M., Matz, A., Ambrose, S., Dinah, J., Wilson, S., Scott, D., Tordoff, B. Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27th  Annual meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5 November 2006.

27. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP): 1999-Future Research” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Point, D., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G, Simac, K.S., Chen, G.K. Pacific Seabird Group 34th Annual Meeting Asilomar, CA, 9 February 2007. Abstract p. 101.

28. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) and other Activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Charleston, SC Laboratories” Vander Pol, S.S. Seminar Series at San Francisco Estuary Institute, San Francisco, CA, 13 February 2007 (Invited).

29. “Current Avian Projects of the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB), Charleston, SC, USA” Pugh, R.S., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R., Point, D., Becker, P.R. International Society of Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) Annual Meeting, Singapore, 31 May 2007. Abstract p. 45.

30. “Where’s the Chemistry? Global Distillation/Fractionation in Relationship to Alaskan Seabird Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S. High School Chemistry Writers Workshop, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC, 9 July 2007 (Invited).

31. “Anthropogenic Contaminants in Seabird Eggs from Alaska” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Chen, G.K., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G. Pacific Seabird Group Special International Meeting & Conference of Taiwan Eco-Environmental Conservation, Lugang, Taiwan, 6 October 2007. Abstract p. A 10.

32. “Expanding the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project in the North Pacific: Geographic Patterns in Contaminant Residues in Seabird Eggs” Becker, P.R, Rosneau, D.G., York, G.S., Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R.D., Point, D., Chen, G., Simac, K.S., Moors, A.J., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. 21 January 2008. Abstract p. 23.

33. “Monitoring Contaminants in the Arctic: Use of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Flanary, J.R, Keller, J.M, Kucklick, J.R., Moors, A.J., Point, D., Pugh, R.S. Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) Annual meeting, Washington, DC, 14 May 2008. (Poster)

34. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) and other activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Charleston, SC USA laboratories” Vander Pol, S.S. CNRS/University of Pau, France, 16 June 2008 (Invited).

35. “NIST Activities at Hollings Marine Laboratory,” Vander Pol, S.S. BIPM Metrology School, Sevres, France, 30 June 2008. (Poster)

36. “Mercury Isotopes Fractionation in the Alaskan Marine Environment Along an Arctic/Sub-arctic Transect” Point, D., Day, R.D., Sonke, J.E., Vander Pol, S.S., Roseneau, D.G., Donard, O.F.X., Simac, K., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R. Goldschmidt 2008 from SEA to SKY Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 17 July 2008, Abstract p. A755

37. “Mercury Isotopes Fractionation and Sources in the Arctic Marine Environment” Point, D., Day, R. Sonke, J., Vander Pol, S., Roseneau, D. Donard, O., Simac, K., Moors, A., Pugh, R., Becker P. 5th SETAC World Congress, Sydney, Australia, 4 August 2008.

38. “Using Archived Specimens from the US National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank to Assess the Spatial and Temporal Impacts of Organometallic Contaminants in Arctic Regions” Point, D., Becker, P, Day, R., Vander Pol, S., Pugh, R., Porter, B., Kucklick, J, Moors, A., Donard O., Ellsior, M. 5th SETAC World Congress, Sydney, Australia, 4 August 2008.

39. “Lipophilic Contaminants in Upper Gulf of California Seabirds: A Multi-Decade Perspective” Anderson, D.W., Vander Pol, S.S., Keith, J.O., Verlade, E., Golinez, C., Santos, K., Palacios, E.L. AOU/COS/SCO (American Ornithologists’ Union/Cooper Ornithological Society/Society of Canadian Ornithologists) 2008 Meeting, Portland, OR, 8 August 2008.

40. “SRMs for Monitoring Human Exposure to Organic Contaminants” Schantz, M.M., Keller, J.M, Kucklick, J.R., Patterson Jr, D.G., Sharpless, K.E., Sjodin, A., Turner, W.E, Vander Pol, S.S., and Wise, S.A. 28th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Birmingham, UK, 17-22 August 2008.

41. “East versus West: Contamination Differences in Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Eggs from South Carolina and the Gulf of California” Vander, Pol, S.S., Anderson, D.W., Jodice, P.G.R. Stuckey, J.E. Carolinas Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Charleston, SC, 26 March 2009 Abstract p. 9.

42. “Total Arsenic Concentrations in Common Murre (Uria aalge) Eggs Archived in the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB)” Pugh, R.S., Davis, W.C., Vander Pol, S.S., Moors, A.J., Becker, P.R.  International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER), Portland, OR, 12-15 May 2009 (Poster)

43. “Current-Use Flame Retardants in NIST Reference Materials and Environmental Samples” Kucklick, J.R., Keller, J.M., Vander Pol, S.S., Yordy, J. Brominated Flame Retardants (BFR)  2009, Ottawa, Canada, 19-20 May 2009 (Poster)

44.  “Using banked seabird eggs for long-term monitoring of contaminants in the Alaska marine ecosystem” Becker, P.R., Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R.D, Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Point, D., Roseneau, D.G. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 2009 Conference, Göteborg, Sweden, 4 June 2009.

45. “Monitoring Change in the Arctic: Use of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)”  Vander Pol, S.S, Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Flanary, J.R, Keller, J.M, Kucklick, J.R., Moors, A.J., Point, D., Pugh, R.S. HML Symposium, Charleston, SC, 12 June 2009 (Poster).

46. “The Certification of a New Mussel Tissue Standard Reference Material, SRM 2978a, for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons” Kucklick, J.R., Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Porter, B.J., Schantz, M.M, and Wise, S.A. 22nd International Symposium of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 22), Charleston, SC, 21 September 2009.

47. “Certification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Air Particulate Standard Reference Materials” Vander Pol, S.S., Kucklick, J.R., Schantaz, M.M, and Wise, S.A. 22nd International Symposium of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 22), Charleston, SC, 22 September 2009.

48. “Regional, Temporal, and Species Patterns of Mercury in Alaska Seabird Eggs: Food Web Effects or Mercury Sources and Biogeochemical Cycling?” Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G., Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh R.S., Moors, A.J. Hobson, K.A., Becker, P.R., Alaska Marine Science Symposium 2010, 21 January 2010.

49. “Total Arsenic Concentrations in Common Murre (Uria aalge) Eggs Archived in the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB)” Pugh, R.S., Davis, W.C., Vander Pol, S.S., Moors, A.J., and Becker, P.R. ISBER 2010 Annual Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands,13 May 2010.

50. “Coastal Influences on Mercury Isotope Fractionation Patterns in Alaskan Seabird Eggs” Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G., Donard, O.F.X., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Vander Pol, S.S., Long, S.E., Vocke, R., Mann, J., and Becker, P.R. 20th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe Annual Meeting, Seville, Spain, 24 May 2010 (Poster).

51. “Using Seabird Eggs to Monitor Organic Contaminants in Arctic and sub-Arctic Regions of the United States” Vander Pol, S.S. Becker, P.R., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., and Roseneau, D.G. 20th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe Annual Meeting, Seville, Spain, 26 May 2010 (Poster).

52. “Long-term Monitoring of Contaminants using Alaskan Seabird Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S., Day, R.D., Becker, P.R., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., and Roseneau, D.G. 1st World Seabird Conference (WSC), Victoria, BC, Canada, 8-9 September 2010 (Poster).

53. “Activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Charleston, SC Laboratories and Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)” Vander Pol, S.S. AXYS Analytical Laboratories, Sidney, BC, Canada, 13 September 2010. 

54. “Activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Charleston, SC Laboratories” Vander Pol, S.S. EcoChem Seattle, WA, 14 September 2010. 

55. “New Reference Materials for Environmental Contaminants” Kucklick, J., Schantz, M., Keller, J., Vander Pol, S., Hoguet, J., Pugh, R., Moors, A., Wise, S. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 31st Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 8 November 2010 (Poster).

56. “Recent uses of samples from the NIST’s Marine Environmental Specimen Bank” Moors, Amanda J.; Pugh, Rebecca S.; Rust, Lauren B.; Keller, Jennifer M.; Hoguet, Jennifer; Kucklick, John R.; Reagen, William, K.; Point, David; Porter, Barbara J.; Day, Russell D., Roseneau, D. G.; Donard, O. F. X;  Vanderpol, Stacy. S; Long, Steve E.; Vocke, R., Mann, J. and Becker, Paul R. International Conference for Environmental Specimen Banks, Berlin, Germany, 15-16 November 2010 (Poster)

57. “Coastal Influences on Mercury Isotope Fractionation Patterns in Alaskan Seabird Eggs” Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G., Donard, O.F., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Vander Pol, S.S., Long, S.E., Cocke, R., Mann, J., Becker, P.R. American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) 2011 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17 February 2011 (Poster).

58. “What is STAMP?” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Day, R.D., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Point, D., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G. 2nd Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) Long-Range Planning Workshop: Expansion of STAMP in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region, Oceanic Institute, Oahu, Hawaii, 14-15 February 2011.

59. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants using the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank” Vander Pol, S.S. Hollings Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Charleston, SC, 10 May 2011 (Invited).

60. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants using the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank: Keys for Success from a Seabird Biologist/Environmental Chemist” Vander Pol, S.S. International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) 2011 Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, 17 May 2011 (Invited).

61. “NIST’s Environmental Banking Expansion Efforts in the Pacific Islands Region” Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Bryan, C.E., Vander Pol, S.S., Keller, J.M., Jensen, B.A., Becker, P.R. International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) 2011 Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, 15-18 May 2011 (Poster).

62. “Monitoring Total Arsenic and Selenium Concentration in Seabird Eggs Samples form the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)” Pugh, R.S., Davis, W.C., Vander Pol S.S. Moors, A.J., Rust, L.B, Roseneau, D.G., Becker, P.R. International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) 2011 Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, 15-18 May 2011 (Poster).

63. “The Role of Environmental Specimen Banks in Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A.J., Ellisor, M.B., Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G, Point, D., Kucklick, J.R., Hoguet, J., Reiner, J.L., Keller, J.M., O'Connell, S.G. 43rd IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) World Chemistry Congress, San Juan, PR, 4 Aug 2011.

64. “Lipophilic Contaminants in Upper Gulf of California Seabirds: A Multi-Decade Perspective.” Anderson, D.W., Vander Pol, S.S., Godinez, C., Verlarde, E., Santos, K., Palacios, E., Keith, J.O. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America Focused Topic meeting on Pollutants in the Environment: Fate and Toxicity, 26 August 2011.

65. “New Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for Environmental Contaminant Analysis” Hoguet, J., Schantz, M., Kucklick, J.R., Keller, J.M., Vander Pol, S., Pugh, R., Moors, A., Wise, S. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 32nd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 15 November 2011 (Poster).

66. “Monitoring Contaminants in Pacific Seabird Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S. Hawaii Pacific University Department of Natural Sciences Seminar at Oceanic Learning Institute, Waimanalo, HI 27 January 2012 (Invited).

67. “Mercury and Organic Contaminants in Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria Immutabilis) Eggs Collected from Hawai’i in 2010” Vander Pol, S.S., Bryan, C.E., Hansen, A.L., Hebshi, Al., Jensen, B.A., Nilsen, F., Pugh, R., Rosenau, D.G., Young, L. Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) 39th Annual Meeting, Turtle Bay, HI 8 February 2012.

68. “Mercury Stable Isotopes in Seabird Eggs from the NIST Marine Environmental Specimen Bank Reflect a Gradient from Terrestrial Geogenic to Oceanic Mercury Reservoirs” Day, R.D., Roseneau, D.G., Berail, S., Hobson, K.A., Donard, O.F.X., Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A., Long, S., Becker, P.R. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 6th World Congress, Berlin Germany 22 May 2012.

69.  “The U.S. Pacific Islands Region Biorepository and Environmental Specimen Bank” Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Bryan, C.E., Vander Pol, S.S., Keller, J.M., Kucklick, J.R., Day, R.D., Wise, S.A. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 6th World Congress, Berlin Germany 22 May 2012 (Interactive Poster).

70. “Using Banked Seabird Eggs for Determining Geographic Patterns of Trace Elements in Marine Regions” Pugh, R.S., Davis, W.C, Vander Pol, S.S., Moors, A.J., Roseneau, D.G., Becker, P.R. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 6th World Congress, Berlin Germany 22 May 2012 (Poster).

71. “A New Reference Material for Organohalogen Measurement: SRM 1974c Organics in Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis)” Kucklick, J., Schantz, M., Vander Pol, S., Pugh, R., Moors, A., Roderick, J., Ness, J., Peterson, D., Wise, S. 32nd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Cairns, Australia, 30 August 2012.

72. “The Albatross About Our Neck: The State of the Oceans Revealed Through the Family Diomedeidae” Vander Pol, S.S., Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) 40th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 23 February 2013. 

73. “Mercury in Albatross (Phoebastria spp.) Eggs Collected from Hawai’i in 2010 and 2011” Bryan, C.E., Hansen, A.L, Jensen, B.A., Nilsen, F., Vander Pol, S.S. 11th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Edinburgh, UK, 29 July 2013 (Poster).

74. “The 3rd Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) Long-Range Planning Workshop: Continued Expansion of STAMP in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region” Vander Pol, S.S. and Bryan, C.E. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, HI, 25 November 2013 (Invited).

75. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants in Pacific Seabirds and Marine Mammals” Vander Pol, S.S. and Bryan, C.E. Hawaii Pacific University, Kaneohe, HI, 26 November 2013 (Invited).

76. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants in Pacific Seabirds and other Marine Organisms” Vander Pol, S.S. Maui Nui Seabird Project Group lunch seminar, Makawao, HI, 2 December 2013 (Invited).

77. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants in Pacific Seabirds and other Marine Organisms” Vander Pol, S.S. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park lunch seminar, Hawaii National Park, HI, 9 December 2013 (Invited).

78. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants in Pacific Seabirds and other Marine Organisms” Vander Pol, S.S. Hawaii Wildlife Center, Kapaau, HI, 12 December 2013 (Invited).

79. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants in Pacific Seabirds and other Marine Organisms” Vander Pol, S.S. Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kekaha, HI, 13 December 2013 (Invited).

80. “The Albatross about our Neck: What We Can Learn by Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants in Pacific Seabirds” Vander Pol, S.S. Na Aina Kai Botanical Gardens, Kilauea, HI, 14 December 2013 (Invited).

81. “Monitoring changing contaminant and climate conditions using samples from the national Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Bryan, C.E, Moors, A.J., Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Reiner, J.L., Gordon Research Conference on Oceans and Human Health: Anthropogenic Impacts on Coastal Communities and Ecosystems, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, 2-5 June 2014 (Poster).

82.  “Development of a Weathered Crude Oil Standard Reference Material” Murray, J.A., Vander Pol, S.S., Bowden, J.A., Benner, Jr., B.A., Reddy, C.M, Kucklick, J.R., Schantz, M.M., Wise, S.A. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 35th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 10 November 2014 (Poster).

83. “Persistent organic pollutants in blood samples of Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) from South Shetland Islands, Antarctica” Colabuono, F.I., Vander Pol, S.S., Huncik, K.M., Taniguchi, S., Petry, M.V., Montone, R.C., Kucklick, J.R. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 35th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 13 November 2014 (Poster).

84. Biobanking in Alaska: Two Projects of the Marine Environemental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB)” Pugh, R.S., Moors, A.J., Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, 19-23 January 2015 (Poster).

85. “Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Monitoring Contaminants in Seabird Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Bryan, C.E., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G., Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) 42nd Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, 20 February 2015. 

86. “Development of the NIST Marine Sample Tracking and Analytical Reporting (Marine STAR) Database” Pugh, R.S., Reiner, J.L., Vander Pol, S.S., Ragland, J., Becker, P.R. International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) 2015 Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ, 7 May 2015.

87. “Sample Tracking and Analytical Reporting: Next Generation Data Management for ESB Data Storage” Ragland, J. Pugh, R., Reiner, J., Vander Pol, S. International Conference of Environmental Specimen Banks, Nancy, France, 30 June 2015.

88. “Best Practices and Their Challenges When Banking Samples from Remote Regions of the Pacific” Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Bryan, C.E., Day, R.D., Lynch, J.M., Moors, A.J., Vander Pol, S.S. International Conference of Environmental Specimen Banks, Nancy, France, 1 July 2015.

89. “Recent Standard Reference Materials for Determination of PAHs in Urine, Tea, and Weathered Oil” Wise, S.A., Bowden, J.A., Murray, J.A., Schantz, M.M, Vander Pol, S.S. 25th International Symposium of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 2015), Bordeaux, France, 14 September 2015.

90. “Albatross & Plastics” Vander Pol, S.S., James Island Charter High School, Honors Marine Science Class, Charleston, SC, 17 September 2015 (Invited).

91. “Development of a Field-Weathered Crude Oil Standard Reference Material” Murray, J.A., Vander Pol, S.S., Bowden, J.A., Reddy, C.M., Wise, S.A. 14th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM 14), Washington, DC, 12-15 October 2015 (Poster).

92. “New Environmental-Related Reference Materials Being Produced by NIST” Kucklick, J., Long, S., Reiner, J., Boggs, A., Huncik, K, Ellisor, M., Wenzel, A., Day, R., Vander Pol, S. 14th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM 14), Washington, DC, 12-15 October 2015 (Poster).

93. “Marine STAR: Getting Environmental Contaminant Data to the Masses” Ragland, J.M., Reiner, J.L., Vander Pol, S.S., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R. The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI, 15 December 2015.

94. “Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Monitoring Contaminants in Pacific Seabird Eggs” Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Bryan, C.E., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G. The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI, 17 December 2015.

95. “Mercury as a Proxy for Genetics Analysis in Albatross (Phoebastria spp.) Eggs from Midway Atoll” Vander Pol, S.S., Bryan, C.E., Greenberg, R., Sin, Y.W., Edwards, S.V. 43rd Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, Turtle Bay, Hawaii, 11 February 2016.

96. “New Environmental-Related Reference Materials Being Produced by NIST” Kucklick, J., Long, S., Reiner, J., Boggs, A., Huncik, K., Ellisor, M., Wenzel, A., Day, R., Vander Pol, S. International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Material (BERM-14).  National Harbor, Washington DC.  12-15 October 2016 (Poster).

97. “The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project” Moors, A., Vander Pol, S., Ellisor, D., Ness, J., Trevillian, J., Pugh, R. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, 23-27 January 2017 (Poster).

98. “Biobanking in Alaska: Projects of the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank” Pugh, R.S., Moors, A.J., Vander Pol, S.S., Kucklick, J.R. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Project (AMAP) International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action, Reston, VA, 24-27 April 2017 (Poster).

99. “The NIST Marine Environmental Specimen Bank as a Resource for Assessing Contaminant Time Trends in the Arctic” Kucklick, J., Reiner, J., Vander Pol, S., Moors, A., Pugh, R., Ellisor, M., Trevillian, J., Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Project (AMAP) International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action, Reston, VA, 24-27 April 2017 (Poster).

100. “How Murre (Uria spp). Eggs Assist in Monitoring Changing Arctic Pollution” Vander Pol, S.S., Bryan, Colleen, C.E., Pugh, R.S., Ragland, J.R. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Project (AMAP) International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action, Reston, VA, 26 April 2017. 

101. “Mercury as an Alternate for Genetic Species Identification in Albatross (Phoebastria spp.) Eggs from Midway Atoll” Bryan, C.E., Greenberg, R., Sin, Y.W., Edwards, S.V., Ragland, J.E., Vander Pol, S.S. 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Providence, RI, 16-21 July 2017.

102. “Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: A synthesis” Ackerman, J.T., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Herzog, M.P, Hartman, C.A., Peterson, S.H., Evers, D.C., Jackson, A.K., Elliott, J.E., Vander Pol, S.S., Bryan, C.E. 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Providence, RI, 16-21 July 2017.

103. “Overview of NIST and the Material Measurement Laboratory” Schuur, S.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 27 July 2017 (Invited).

104. “Environmental Standard Reference Materials at the Hollings Marine Laboratory” Schuur, S.S. NIST Office of Reference Materials Seminar Series, Gaithersburg, MD, 6 September 2017 (Invited).

105. “The National Institute of Standards and Technology Marine Environmental Specimen Bank's Projects in Alaska” Moors, A., Ellisor, D., Ness, J., Ragland, J, Trevillan, J., Schuur, S., Rowles, T., Roseneau, D., Pugh, R. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, 22-25 January 2018 (Poster).

106. “What Might you Discover Using Archived Seabird Eggs?” Schuur, S.S. Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) 45th Annual Meeting, La Paz, Mexico, 22 Feb 2018 (Poster).

107. “Lessons Learned from Monitoring Organic Contaminants in Three Decades of Marine Samples from the Pacific Basin Archived at the USA’s Marine Environmental Specimen Bank” Emory University Oceans and Human Health lecture, Atlanta, GA, 23 March 2018 (Invited).

108. “Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants using the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank” Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, 23 March 2018 (Invited).

109. “Challenges to Biomonitoring Environmental Contaminants” Emory University Environmental Epidemiology lecture, Atlanta, GA, 23 March 2018 (Invited).

110. “Potential to Trace Chemicals in Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) Sibling Eggs” Schuur, S.S. and Bryan, C.E. Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) 46th Annual Meeting, Lihue, Hawaii, 28 Feb – 2 March 2019 (Poster).

111. “Plastic Ingestion in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) Captured in Fisheries” Schuur, S.S., Fitzgerald, S.F., Ha, S.Y., Hong, S.H., Kucklick, J.R, Shim, W.J. Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) 46th Annual Meeting, Lihue, Hawaii, 28 Feb 2019.

112. “Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)” Schuur, S.S. Chemical Sciences Division Research Day, Gaithersburg, MD, 2 May 2019.

113. “Developing Chemometric Fingerprints to Identify Seabirds in the Northern Pacific” Mahynski, N., Ragland, J., Schuur, S., Shen V. Chemical Sciences Division Research Webinar, virtual, 29 June 2020.

114. “Monitoring Projects from Alaska in NIST Biorepository” Moors, A., Ellisor, D., Ness, J., Schuur, S., Hoguet, J. Goertz, C., Lestenkof, P., Burek-Huntington, K. Quakenbush, L., Rowles, T., Suydam, R., Pugh, R. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, virtual, 26-28 Jan 2021 (poster).

115. “Integrating the North Pacific Through Two Decades of Banking Seabird Eggs” Schuur, S.S. International Society for Biological and Environmental Specimen Banks (ISBER) Annual Meeting, virtual, 11 May 2021 and panel discussion 12 May 2021 (Invited).

116. “Integrating the North Pacific Through Two Decades of Banking Seabird Eggs – Quality Control and Data Management” Schuur, S.S., Bryan, C.E., Ellisor, D.E., Hobson, K.A., Hoguet, J.C., Kalia, V., Mahynski, N.A., Moors, A.J., Ness, J.M., Pugh, R.S., Ragland, J.M., Rosenau, D.G, Sin, Y.W. The 6th International Conference on Environmental Specimen Banks, virtual, 28 Sep 2021 (Invited).

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