Stacy S. Vander Pol

Stacy is the NIST lead for the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP), a long-term program that has also involved the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the US Geological Survey (USGS), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Objectives of STAMP include collection and cryogenic storage (on the decadal scale) in the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB), and analysis of seabird tissues (primarily eggs) for chemical contaminants (e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], organochlorine pesticides [e.g., DDTs and chlordanes], polybrominated diphenyl ethers [BDEs], and metals and organometals [e.g., mercury, methylmercury, and butyltins]) to examine spatial, temporal, and species differences. Stacy has also performed organic analysis using techniques such as pressurized fluid extraction (PFE), size exclusion chromatography (SEC), solid-phase extractions (SPE), and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). In addition to the STAMP work, Stacy has been involved in several other projects including peregrine falcons, brown pelicans, and bottlenose dolphins as well as value assignment for SRMs and participation in interlaboratory comparisons.