Kaylyn Gootman

Kaylyn received an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 2010. She worked for the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences studying tidal freshwater rivers and estuarine environments. In 2011, Kaylyn was hired as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Postgraduate Researcher with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Center for Environmental Assessment. She received her Ph.D. in Ecology from UNC in 2019 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the West Virginia University Institute of Water Security and Science. Kaylyn re-joined the EPA with the Chesapeake Bay Program Office in 2022 as an Integrated Analysis Coordinator with the Science, Analysis, and Implementation Branch where she direct the efforts of multi-disciplinary teams in the development, maintenance and updating of electronic Chesapeake Bay watershed information; coordinates Chesapeake Bay restoration and protection data analysis and interpretation activities from multiple sources and partners; serves as a technical lead for the development of computerized systems in support of continued integrated analysis of model simulated inputs/outputs of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem; develops and provides training on a full array of community-based environmental models, data analysis, and diagnostic tools used in the generation of Chesapeake Bay restoration and protection information; and shares scientific information via a variety of communication methods.