Item talk:Q47392

ORCID:

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 '@type': Person
 familyName: LaFontaine
 givenName: Jacob
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USGS Staff Profile:

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 affiliation: []
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   abstract: Chief of Modeling Support and Coordination Branch with the Water Resources
     Mission Area
   additionalType: short description
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   abstract: Jacob is the Chief of Modeling Support and Coordination Branch with
     the Water Resources Mission Area.
   additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement
 - '@type': TextObject
   abstract: "\u200B\u200BJacob\u2019s research has primarily focused on regional\
     \ to national scale hydrologic model application development to inform national\
     \ water availability assessments and understanding the effects of potential\
     \ future climate and land cover change on water resources.\u200B"
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 email: jlafonta@usgs.gov
 hasCredential:
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   name: PhD in progress at University of Georgia
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: MS Civil Engineering, 2002
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: BS Civil Engineering, 2001
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: AAS Civil Engineering, 1997
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   affiliatedOrganization:
     '@type': Organization
     name: Water Resources Mission Area
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources
   roleName: Chief of Modeling Support and Coordination Branch
   startDate: '2024-05-12T16:00:47.094021'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2024-current: Chief, Modeling Support and Coordination Branch, USGS Water
     Resources Mission Area'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2018-2023: Research Hydrologist, South Atlantic Water Science Center, USGS,
     Norcross, Georgia.'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2014-2017: Hydrologist, South Atlantic Water Science Center, USGS, Norcross,
     Georgia.'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2006-2014: Hydrologist, Georgia Water Science Center, USGS, Norcross, Georgia.'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2003-2005: Civil Engineer, Georgia Water Science Center, USGS, Norcross,
     Georgia.'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2000-2002: Student Trainee (Hydrology), Georgia Water Science Center, USGS,
     Norcross, Georgia.'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2001-2002: Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
     Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '1996-1999: Student Trainee (Hydrology), New York Water Science Center,
     USGS, Troy, New York.'
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   propertyID: ORCID
   value: 0000-0003-4923-2630
 jobTitle: Chief of Modeling Support and Coordination Branch
 knowsAbout:
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: hydrology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: hydrologic modeling
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: streamflow
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: surface water (non-marine)
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: water resources
 memberOf:
   '@type': OrganizationalRole
   member:
     '@type': Organization
     name: U.S. Geological Survey
   name: staff member
   startDate: '2024-05-12T16:00:47.091398'
 name: Jacob LaFontaine
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jacob-lafontaine