CERC Branch: Office of the Center Director

The Director's office has overall responsibility for science and administrative activities of the Center. 

In The News

  • USGS Lab Upgrade Boosts Capabilities
    Friday, October 19, 2012
  • USGS Opens New Research Center in Columbia
    Wednesday, October 17, 2012
  • New Research Facility Opens
    Wednesday, October 17, 2012
  • New Federal Facility Opens in Columbia
    Wednesday, October 17, 2012
  • New Columbia Environmental Research Center Facility Allows New Research Opportunities
    Wednesday, October 17, 2012
  • USGS to Break Ground on Research Center
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    This morning Columbia city officials and representatives of the U.S. Geological Survey will break ground on a new aquatic research center off New Haven Road. Construction on the 23,000-square-foot building will cost $11 million and bring about a hundred jobs to the city. The project will be paid for with federal stimulus money.  Read More
  • Update: Construction for New Facility Brings New Jobs
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    The flipping of some dirt symbolized the start of construction for the new building east of Columbia on New Haven Road. Area dignitaries Friday broke ground for a $10.7 million renovation project at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Columbia Environmental Research Center, also known as CERC.  Read More
  • Research Gets a Boost
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    The U.S. Geological Survey’s Columbia Environmental Research Center is about to get a face-lift courtesy of federal stimulus dollars. After years of requesting money to update its creaking laboratories and offices, the center will receive $10.7 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  Read More
  • Aquatic Research Center Breaks Ground in Columbia
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    The employees of the Columbia Environmental Research Center can look forward to consolidating their nine buildings and working with state-of-the-art equipment when a new aquatic research center is finished.  Read More
  • Groundbreaking Set for New Federal Office and Laboratory Facility in Columbia
    Tuesday, September 14, 2010
    Media Advisory:
    The U.S. Geological Survey’s Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) will break ground on a new, state-of-the-art, office and laboratory facility in Columbia at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 17. The 23,800 square foot facility will be built at 4200 New Haven Road. Aquatic research facilities on the Center grounds will also be renovated as part of the one-year construction project.
    Total project cost is estimated to be $10.7 million dollars, funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Design and construction activities are anticipated to employ more than 100 Missourians.  Estimates show that the new facility will result in an overall savings of $200,000 in annual maintenance costs.  Read More
  • U.S. Geological Survey in Columbia Plans $7 million Facility Overhaul
    Wednesday, January 13, 2010
    The Columbia Environmental Research Center is planning a $7 million overhaul of its labs and offices in southeast Columbia. The U.S. Geological Survey in Columbia researches the effects of water quality on aquatic organisms and river science, said Michael Mac, the center's director. The effectiveness of these studies will be improved with more adequate facilities, he said.  Read More
  • USGS Ozark Partnership Website
    Monday, January 26, 2009
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