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| url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/ralph-haefner | | url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/ralph-haefner |
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| affiliations: [] | | affiliations: [] |
| education: [] | | education: [] |
| email: rhaefner@usgs.gov | | email: null |
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| honors: [] | | honors: [] |
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| - Ralph was born and raised on the south shore of Long Island, NY. After obtaining
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| his Master's Degree in geology, he started his career with the USGS Long Island
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| Subdistrict in 1986, then transferred to Columbus, Ohio in 1990 to work on a
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| myriad of groundwater problems throughout the state. Since 2014, he works in
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| Lansing, Michigan as the Deputy Director for Data within the Upper Midwest WSC.
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| name: Ralph Haefner | | name: Ralph Haefner |
| name_qualifier: null | | name_qualifier: Former Employee |
| orcid: null | | orcid: null |
| organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/upper-midwest-water-science-center | | organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/upper-midwest-water-science-center |
| organization_name: Upper Midwest Water Science Center | | organization_name: Upper Midwest Water Science Center |
| personal_statement: "Ralph's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science\ | | personal_statement: null |
| \ degree granted in 1982 by the State University of New York, College at Oneonta\
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| \ and a Master of Science degree in 1986 from Bowling Green State University\
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| \ where he studied Mississippi Valley-type\_(lead-zinc)\_deposits in the Trenton\
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| \ Limestone of Ohio. After graduating with his Master's degree in 1986, he started\
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| \ his career with the USGS on Long Island where he served as a field technician\
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| \ sampling groundwater for a project with the goal of relating shallow groundwater\
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| \ chemistry to land use. During this time, he developed skills in groundwater\
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| \ investigations, computer applications, and geographic information systems.\
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| \ In 1990, Ralph transferred to Columbus, Ohio where he worked on groundwater\
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| \ quality and quantity problems throughout the state. His work focused on acid-mine\
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| \ drainage problems and trace-element composition of groundwater. He started\
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| \ work towards his Ph.D. at the Ohio State University in 1993 while working\
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| \ full time at the USGS. His dissertation work (and 11-year project at the USGS)\
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| \ investigated groundwater chemistry at an abandoned coal mine reclaimed with\
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| \ flue-gas desulfurization by-products.\_In 2006, Ralph became the Groundwater\
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| \ Specialist of the Ohio Water Science Center and supervised eight scientists\
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| \ until 2014 when he accepted a position as Deputy Director in Lansing, Michigan.\
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| \ There are three areas that currently hold interest in Ralph's professional\
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| \ career: hydrologic monitoring network design and operation; hydrologic influences\
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| \ of stormwater control measures in urban settings; and monitoring nutrient\
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| \ inputs from surface water and groundwater into the Great Lakes. Additionally,\
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| \ Ralph is currently focusing on developing his leadership and management skills\
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| \ as Deputy Director within the newly merged Upper Midwest Water Science Center.\_\
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| \n\_\nPublications\nHaefner, R.J., Runkle, D.L., and Mailot, B.E., 2014, Groundwater\
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| \ levels and water quality during a 96-hour aquifer test in Pickaway County,\
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| \ Ohio, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014\u2013\
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| 5040, 16 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20145040.\nHaefner, R.J., and Simonson,\
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| \ L.A., 2010, Hydrologic data assessment of the Tuscarawas River Basin with\
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| \ an annotated bibliography: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Information Report\
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| \ 2010-5010, 115 p.\nHaefner, R.J., Sheets, R.A., and Andrews, R.E., 2010, Evaluation\
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| \ of the Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) Seismic Method to Determine\
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| \ Sediment Thickness in the Vicinity of the South Well Field, Franklin County,\
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| \ OH: The Ohio Journal of Science, v110, n4 (September, 2010), 77-85. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52793\n\
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| Darner, R.A., Tertuliani, J.S., and Haefner, R.J., 2005, Chemical and biological\
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| \ characterization of the headwaters of the Rush Creek watershed, Perry County,\
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| \ Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5196.\n\
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| Haefner, R.J., 2002, Water quality and geochemical modeling of water at an abandon"
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| professional_experience: [] | | professional_experience: [] |
| title: Deputy Director (Data) | | title: Deputy Director (Data) |
