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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:46:49.475572'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lisa-carper
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - M.S. Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management, Autonomous University
     of Barcelona, 2014
   - B.S. Environmental Resource Management, Minor in Watersheds and Water Resources,
     Pennsylvania State University
   email: lcarper@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Surface Water Quality
   - Groundwater Quality
   - Trace Element Contamination
   - Aquatic Ecosystems
   - Contamination and Pollution
   - Environmental Assessment
   - Streamflow
   - Surface Water (Non-Marine)
   - Passive Sampling
   - Surrogate Modeling
   - R
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Lisa Carper is a Physical Scientist in the New England Water Science Center.
   name: Lisa Carper
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-3999-5311
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-jersey-water-science-center
   organization_name: New Jersey Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "InterestsGeeking out with gadgetsField testing and exploring\
     \ various sensor technologies to discern environmental patternsSurrogate modelingPassive\
     \ samplersSkills and ExperienceReconnoitering, engineering, and installation\
     \ of real-time water-quality monitoring stationsOperation, maintenance and troubleshooting\
     \ of data loggers and water-quality sensorsRoutine use of multi-parameter sondes\
     \ and fluorometric and spectrometric sensors for NO3+NO2 as N, Dissolved Organic\
     \ Carbon, Chlorophyll-a and PhycocyaninSurface and ground water-quality discrete\
     \ sample collection and processing for chemical analyses including nutrients,\
     \ trace metals, pesticides, low-level mercury, volatile organic compounds, endocrine\
     \ disrupting compounds and legacy and emerging contaminantsRecords processing\
     \ according to USGS standards and protocolQuality assure water-quality data\
     \ by performing statistical and technical analyses using RRecent ProjectsNJ\
     \ continuous water-quality monitoring network (45 stations)Downstream Fate and\
     \ Transport of Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in the Raritan Basin Water Supply\
     \ Commission, New JerseyNext Generation Water Observing Systems, Delaware River\
     \ Basin \u2013 White Clay Creek Piedmont Basin Sediment Study"
   professional_experience:
   - 2008 - present, U.S. Geological Survey - Physical Scientist
   - 2007, Master Well Owner Network, Penn State University Extension Office - Intern
   title: Physical Scientist