Item talk:Q47897

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:58:21.857197'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/richard-mcdonald
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: rmcd@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - aquatic ecosystems
   - ecological processes
   - environmental assessment
   - freshwater ecosystems
   - habitats
   - hydrodynamics
   - hydrology
   - runoff
   - scour
   - sediment transport
   - streamflow
   - floods
   - surface water (non-marine)
   - surface water quality
   - water budget
   - water quality
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Richard McDonald is a Hydrologist with the USGS Water Resources Mission Area.
   name: Richard McDonald
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-0703-0638
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources
   organization_name: Water Resources Mission Area
   personal_statement: "Richard McDonald is a hydrologist with 25 years of experience\
     \ working on general water resources, flow andsediment transport dynamics and\
     \ eco-hydrology. He has extensive experience performing field, laboratory and\
     \ computational research on river flow and sediment transport associated with\
     \ regulated and unregulated rivers related to instream flow requirements, physical\
     \ habitat, and evaluation of channel restoration designs. He is the principal\
     \ developer of the U.S. Geological Survey\u2019s Multi-Dimensional Surface Water\
     \ Modeling System (MD_SWMS) and co-developer of the iRIC modeling system."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Hydrologist