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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/rachel-n-sortor
   timestamp: '2024-01-31T04:39:05.420456'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Rachel N Sortor, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Physical Scientist
   organizations:
   - !!python/tuple
     - Central Midwest Water Science Center
     - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cm-water
   email: rsortor@usgs.gov
   orcid: 0000-0002-8778-4383
   intro_statements:
   - Rachel N Sortor is a Physical Scientist for the USGS, Central Midwest Water
     Science Center, Statistical Hydrology and Water Availability group located in
     Urbana, Illinois.
   expertise_terms:
   - Sediment source tracking
   - Harmful algal bloom sampling
   - 10Be, 26Al, and 14C Surface exposure and burial dating
   professional_experience:
   - 2022-Present, Physical Scientist, USGS, Statistical Hydrology and Water Availability
     Group, USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center, Urbana, Illinois
   - 2012-2015 Environmental Scientist at TRC Companies, Inc.
   education:
   - Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University 2022
   - M.S., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan 2012
   - B.S., Environmental Geology, University of Michigan, 2009
   - A.S., Science, Monroe Country Community College, 2006
   affiliations: []
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   personal_statement: Rachel joined the USGS in 2022 in the Statistical Hydrology
     and Water Availability section. She works on projects related to sediment and
     phosphorus source tracking in Illinois, and harmful algal blooms on the Illinois
     River. Prior to joining the USGS, Rachel completed her PhD in glacial geomorphology
     and cosmogenic nuclide geochemistry at Tulane University. She focused on dating
     the oldest glacial periods in the Alaska Range and Colorado Front Range. Before
     her PhD, she worked in environmental consulting in Michigan, where she collected
     soil, water, and soil gas samples for multiple Superfund projects.