Virginia Van Sickle-Burkett
Virginia Van Sickle-Burkett
Chief Scientist for Global Change Research U.S. Geological Survey
SEB
540 North Courthouse Street
Many LA 71449
Phone Number: (318)256-5628
Email Address: virginia_burkett@usgs.gov
Educational Background:
- D.F. /Ph.D. – Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University
- M.S. – Botany, Northwestern State University, LA
- B.S. – Zoology, Northwestern State University, LA
Professional Background
- Chief Scientist for Global Change Research at the U.S. Geological Survey
- Formerly Chief of the Forest Ecology Branch at the National Wetlands Research Center and Associate Regional Chief Biologist for the USGS Central Region
- Served as Director of the Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Program, Director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and Assistant Director of the Louisiana Geological Survey
- Published extensively on the topics of global change and low-lying coastal zones
- Was a Lead Author on the United Nation’s IPCC Third and Fourth Assessment Reports (2001 and 2007) and an IPCC Technical Paper on Water (2007)
- Coordinated both the Coastal and Southeast synthesis chapters of the U.S. National Assessment of climate change and its impacts
- Appointed to over 40 Commissions, Committees, Science Panels and Boards