Item talk:Q49852

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Water Quality Specialist with the Colorado Water Science Center
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   abstract: "Starting in mid-2023, Rebecca \u201CBecky\u201D Travis became the Water\
     \ Quality Specialist for the USGS Colorado Water Science Center (WSC) in Lakewood,\
     \ Colorado."
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   abstract: Becky started her USGS career in 2012 at the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana WSC
     as a physical scientist working on projects ranging from air quality monitoring
     at a combined disposal facility in East Chicago, Indiana, to groundwater-level
     monitoring for a network of wells in Carmel, Indiana. In 2016, she began work
     as a hydrologist at the New Mexico WSC where she has focused her efforts on
     studying anthropogenic contamination and studies in the designated Urban Waters
     area of Albuquerque, NM. These studies have involved innovative passive sampling
     of groundwater and surface water, sampling of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,
     and analysis of geochemical and age dating tracers for groundwater. Prior to
     working for the USGS, she spent 11 years working on source water protection
     and remediation projects for Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
     She has a M.S. in Geological Sciences from Indiana University - Bloomington.
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 email: rtravis@usgs.gov
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   name: M.S. Geological Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 2001
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   name: B.S. Geological Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1998
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     name: Colorado Water Science Center
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center
   roleName: Water Quality Specialist
   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:50:08.773908'
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   name: '2023-present: Water Quality Specialist, USGS, Colorado Water Science Center,
     Lakewood, Colorado'
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2016-2023: Hydrologist, USGS, New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque,
     New Mexico'
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2012-2016: Physical Scientist, USGS, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science
     Center, Indianapolis, Indiana'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2001-2012: Environmental Manager, Indiana Department of Environmental Management,
     Indianapolis, Indiana'
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 jobTitle: Water Quality Specialist
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 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: water quality
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: anthropogenic contamination
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: geochemistry
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: passive sampling
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
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   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:50:08.770434'
 name: Rebecca Travis
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/rebecca-travis