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ORCID:

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OpenAlex:

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 updated_date: '2024-05-09T14:52:17.280880'

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Chief of Modeling Support and Coordination Branch with the Water Resources
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   abstract: Jacob is the Chief of Modeling Support and Coordination Branch with
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   abstract: "\u200B\u200BJacob\u2019s research has primarily focused on regional\
     \ to national scale hydrologic model application development to inform national\
     \ water availability assessments and understanding the effects of potential\
     \ future climate and land cover change on water resources.\u200B"
   additionalType: personal statement
 email: jlafonta@usgs.gov
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   name: PhD in progress at University of Georgia
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   name: MS Civil Engineering, 2002
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   name: '2024-current: Chief, Modeling Support and Coordination Branch, USGS Water
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   name: '2018-2023: Research Hydrologist, South Atlantic Water Science Center, USGS,
     Norcross, Georgia.'
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   name: '2014-2017: Hydrologist, South Atlantic Water Science Center, USGS, Norcross,
     Georgia.'
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   name: '2006-2014: Hydrologist, Georgia Water Science Center, USGS, Norcross, Georgia.'
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   name: '2003-2005: Civil Engineer, Georgia Water Science Center, USGS, Norcross,
     Georgia.'
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   name: '2000-2002: Student Trainee (Hydrology), Georgia Water Science Center, USGS,
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   name: '2001-2002: Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
     Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.'
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '1996-1999: Student Trainee (Hydrology), New York Water Science Center,
     USGS, Troy, New York.'
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   startDate: '2024-05-12T16:00:47.091398'
 name: Jacob LaFontaine
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jacob-lafontaine