F. Edwin Harvey , Ph.D.

Ed Harvey is supervisory hydrologist and chief of the U.S National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division (WRD) located in Fort Collins, Colorado. He received his B.S. in geology/geophysics from Olivet Nazarene University (1986), his M.S. in hydrogeochemistry from Purdue University (1990) and his Ph.D from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (1996). Immediately after graduation, Ed took a joint position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) where he was a research hydrogeologist with the Conservation and Survey Division (the state's geologic and water survey) and a professor of hydrologic sciences with the School of Natural Resources (SNR). At UNL, Ed's research focused on groundwater dependent ecosystems, groundwater-surface water interaction, and using geochemical and isotope applications methods to characterize regional groundwater flow systems. In January, 2013, Ed left his academic position to assume his current role as NPS WRD chief. WRD provides Park Service-wide leadership for the preservation, protection, and management of the water and aquatic resources, offers technical assistance to all 400+ national park units, leads and supports development of NPS water resource initiatives, guidelines, and policies and provides disciplinary and policy support to the Washington, DC offices and Park Service leadership staff. Ed has served the broader geological and hydrogeological community in various capacities. He is Fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA), is presently a GSA Councilor, and served as the GSA Books Editor from 2011-2014. Ed chaired the GSA Hydrogeology Division from 2010-2011, having previously served as vice chair, newsletter editor, website administrator and technical program chair for the 2009 meeting in Portland. In 2008, Ed received the GSA Hydrogeology Division's George Burke Maxey Distinguished Service Award. Ed has also been an associate editor for Ground Water and Hydrogeology journals.