Re: Do you know a scientist named Dr. Joe Baumgardner?

Rachel:

No, I am sorry, but I have not heard of Dr. Baumgardner.  One possibility 
is that you have not spelled his name correctly.  You can go to the epa 
website, www.epa.gov and click on "About EPA" and then on the "employee 
directory" to get a listing of current employees.  There are one or two 
other "Baumgardners" listed, but no "Joe."  However, I did not check 
alternate spellings.

If he is retired, you may get some help from EPA Human Resources, but I 
would guess that the best they could do would be to pass a message on to 
him.  I don't think they would be inclined to give out his email address 
or any other information about him.

One other possibility that comes to mind is to check the membership 
directories of scientific societies he might still belong to, such as the 
American Chemical Society or the equivalent for biologists (sad to say 
that I don't even recall the name).  Good luck

Gerald Gels
gelsg@aol.com

[Moderator's note: I did some searching of my own on the EPA site and found out 
that Dr. Joe Baumgardner used to work on the Near Laboratory Ecological Research 
Assessment (NLERA) project at the Neuse River Estuary, although I could find no 
other information about him or the project on the site.]