usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:20:49.938919' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/joseph-ayotte profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: - Licensed Professional Geologist, State of New Hampshire, Lic. 0071 education: - B.S. Hydrology, University of New Hampshire email: jayotte@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Hydrology - Water Quality - Arsenic - PFAS - Statistical Modeling - Geochemistry honors: [] intro_statements: - Joe Ayotte is a Supervisory Hydrologist in the New England Water Science Center name: Joseph Ayotte name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-1892-2738 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center organization_name: New England Water Science Center personal_statement: As the Chief of the Environmental Hydrology Section, Joe oversees multidisciplinary studies involving groundwater quality at the USGS New England Water Science Center. Most recently, he has worked on national and regional studies of trace elements (primarily arsenic) in groundwater and has worked closely with the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on arsenic in drinking water supplies. He joined the USGS in 1987 and has been involved in many studies of groundwater and surface water resources in New England and the U.S. professional_experience: - Supervisory Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 2011 to Present title: Supervisory Hydrologist