usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:15:44.453664' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/leslie-desimone profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - Ph.D. Geology, Boston University - M.A. Geology, Boston University - B.A. Geology, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD email: ldesimon@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Groundwater Quality - Surface-water Quality - Water-quality Data - Statistical Analysis honors: [] intro_statements: - Leslie DeSimone is a Hydrologist in the New England Water Science Center. - Leslie serves as the Center Water-Quality Specialist and as an analyst for the National Water-Quality Assessment Project. name: Leslie A DeSimone name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0003-0774-9607 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center organization_name: New England Water Science Center personal_statement: Leslie started with USGS in 1988 and has worked on a broad range of studies on topics such as contaminant occurrence and transport in groundwater, surface-water quality trends and loads, and groundwater flow and availability.Current work includes:Machine-learning models of groundwater quality in the mid-Atlantic regionTechnical assistance on water-quality data and studies in New EnglandWater-quality database managementRecent work includes:National compilations of water quality in U.S. Principal Aquifers and in domestic wellsMapping bedrock well yield in eastern Massachusetts professional_experience: - 1988 - present, U.S. Geological Survey - Hydrologist title: Hydrologist