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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:26:47.376211'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jeff-pigati
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D., University of Arizona. 2004
   - M.S., University of Arizona. 1996
   - B.S., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 1992
   email: jpigati@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Quaternary geology
   - chronology
   - climate change
   - desert wetlands
   - stratigraphy
   - radiocarbon dating
   - groundwater
   - springs
   - paleoenvironments
   - stable isotopes
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - I study geologic deposits associated with springs and desert wetlands to understand
     how hydrologic systems in arid environments responded to past episodes of abrupt
     climate change. I also develop and test innovative methods and materials for
     radiocarbon dating.
   name: Jeff Pigati
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-5843-6219
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geosciences-and-environmental-change-science-center
   organization_name: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
   personal_statement: I am also part of an international team of researchers studying
     ancient human footprints in White Sands National Park. The results of our investigations
     have shown that humans were in continental North America during the Last Glacial
     Maximum, between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago, which fundamentally changes our
     understanding of the peopling of the Americas.
   professional_experience:
   - Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change
     Science Center, 2007-present
   title: Research Geologist