Meet Gei's

Jeniffer S. Lynch

Aquatic Biologist

Jeniffer Lynch is a Stream Ecologist with 16 years of experience working with GEI. She is the practice lead for GEI’s biomonitoring group, a collaborative team of aquatic ecologists, fisheries biologists, wildlife biologists, and limnologists. She has been a project manager or lead scientist on assignments involving NEPA permitting, environmental documents preparation, fisheries monitoring, and aquatic habitat monitoring. She plans and coordinates the timing, personnel, safety requirements, and protocols necessary for sampling for various types of clients in diverse geographic locations. She has worked extensively with field sampling a variety of aquatic habitats, analysis of data, and report preparation, as well as identification of benthic invertebrates. She has been involved in surveying aquatic populations and measuring various stream and riparian habitat characteristics at study sites throughout Colorado and the surrounding states. She has analyzed the data collected during these surveys to prepare baseline reports, alternatives analyses, Environmental Impact Statements, and monitoring reports documenting the current conditions in these watersheds and analyzing potential or existing impacts to aquatic populations from various sources. She also is the QA/QC committee member for the Denver office, and has a variety of experience in QA/QC of data.

Jeniffer holds a B.S. in Biology from Florida State University and a M.S. in Environmental Science from Columbus State University.

LOCATION

Denver, Colorado

Highlights

  • Society of Freshwater Science Certified Taxonomist for Eastern and Western Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera
  • 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER
  • 24-Hour MSHA