Dana McCoskey

Role: Speaker

Dana McCoskey is an Environmental Technology Manager in DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). She has an extensive background in conservation, fish and wildlife monitoring, and field ecology research. She leads the WPTO Environmental Research and Development Portfolio for the Hydropower Program and supports research coordination across the federal government. Research topics range from fish passage and aquatic connectivity, developing monitoring capabilities for sensitive species including acoustic telemetry and eDNA, turbine environmental performance, and advancing sustainability science to improve environmental outcomes of energy systems. She holds degrees in Biology from Portland State University and Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University.