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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:11:49.235287'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/shirley-leung
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: sleung@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Shirley Leung (she/her) is the Product Owner of the National Water Census in
     the Decision Support Branch of the USGS Water Resources Mission Area.
   name: Shirley Leung
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-6659-6420
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources
   organization_name: Water Resources Mission Area
   personal_statement: "Shirley plans for development of the various technical components\
     \ of the USGS\u2019s National Water Census (NWC) and conducts user engagement\
     \ to inform effective and user-friendly delivery of complex modeled water information\
     \ through the NWC. She is passionate about working with government, non-profit,\
     \ and community stakeholders to provide them with the tools and information\
     \ needed to make well-informed policy and management decisions regarding water\
     \ resources.Shirley has a background in climate and hydrologic modeling, data\
     \ science and visualization, science communication, and community outreach and\
     \ engagement. She earned a Ph.D. in physical oceanography and an M.S. in hydrology/environmental\
     \ engineering from the University of Washington. Her Ph.D. work examined how\
     \ climate variability and change affect ocean ecosystems and the people dependent\
     \ on them.In past positions, Shirley has analyzed USGS National Hydrologic Model\
     \ output, quantified congestion pricing-related traffic patterns, modeled the\
     \ effects of new interventions on malaria, and conducted outreach to community\
     \ members about the benefits of sustainable construction materials in Bangalore."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Product Owner