Amy Kleckner

Amy Kleckner is the Program Manager for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay.  She earned her B.S. and M.S. in Marine Biology from San Francisco State University.  Beginning in 2005, Amy worked on several long-term San Francisco Bay monitoring programs for the US Geological Survey on topics such as basic water quality, selenium, metal contamination, and invasive species.  At USGS she coordinated hundreds of Bay research cruises and developed an analytical method for selenium, among other tasks on a diverse array of studies.  Amy is also an accomplished tennis coach and science teacher, working with students of all ages.