usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:16:23.439134' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/stephen-breen profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - PhD, Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley - MS, Civil Engineering, UC Irvine - BS, Physics, UC Irvine - BA, Economics, UC Santa Cruz email: sbreen@usgs.gov expertise_terms: [] honors: [] intro_statements: - Hydrologist for the Washington Water Science Center name: Stephen Breen name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-2630-6206 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/washington-water-science-center organization_name: Washington Water Science Center personal_statement: 'My areas of specialization include hydrogeology, contaminant transport, inverse modeling, and environmental fluid mechanics. Prior to joining the Washington Water Science Center, I led investigations into the following topics: 1) PFAS contamination in urban settings, 2) percolation modeling of flow in porous media, 3) groundwater responses to earthquakes, and 4) geophysical monitoring of geologic carbon sequestration.' professional_experience: - Hydrologist, USGS Washington Water Science Center, 2023 - present - Postdoctoral Scholar - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine, 2021-2023 title: Hydrologist