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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:24:59.179846'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/sara-breitmeyer
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - 2016       M.S., Environmental Science, University of Colorado Denver
   - 2013       B.A., Chemistry, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
   email: sbreitmeyer@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Sara Breitmeyer is a chemist with the Water Mission Area in Lawrenceville, New
     Jersey.
   name: Sara Breitmeyer
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-0609-1559
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-jersey-water-science-center
   organization_name: New Jersey Water Science Center
   personal_statement: Sara completed a B.A. in Chemistry & M.S. in Environmental
     Sciences and supports national USGS projects including advanced capabilities
     in modeling and the fate and effects of emerging contaminants, such as PFAS,
     pesticides and endocrine disrupting chemicals, in the environment. She also
     works as part of the Ecosystems Mission Area Environmental Health Program national
     tapwater infrastructure project through GIS mapping, web-scraping, database
     development, and R programming. She managed the organic geochemistry laboratory
     that specialized in the isolation and characterization of natural organic matter
     in surface water environments and investigated interactions between natural
     organic matter and trace metal contaminants (e.g. mercury). Other projects include
     validation of statistical & machine learning models, amphibian & fish health
     effects from water contaminants, and data collation strategies.
   professional_experience:
   - Chemist, New Jersey Water Science Center, USGS, Lawrenceville, NJ (2019-current)
   - Chemist, Project Laboratories Branch (former National Research Program), USGS,
     Boulder, CO (2015-2019)
   - Water Quality Technician, Denver Water, Denver, CO (2014-2015)
   - Environmental Science Research Assistant & Chemistry Program Assistant,  University
     of Colorado (2011-2014)
   title: Chemist