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meta: url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/liam-f-kenefic timestamp: '2024-01-30T16:12:52.454971' status_code: 200 profile: name: Liam F Kenefic name_qualifier: null titles: - Hydrologist organizations: - !!python/tuple - New Jersey Water Science Center - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-jersey-water-science-center email: lkenefic@usgs.gov orcid: null intro_statements: - Liam Kenefic is a Hydrologist working in the Groundwater Investigations Program (GWIP) for the New Jersey Water Science Center since 2020. His current work focuses on groundwater modeling and water use. expertise_terms: [] professional_experience: - 2020-Present, USGS New Jersey Water Science Center, Hydrologist. Perform a wide range of projects focusing on groundwater modeling and water use in private homes. - 2018-2020, University of Maine, Scientific Research Assistant. Conducted field work to improve spatial resolutions of Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) mapping units. Liam also collected and post processed GPS data, conducted GIS data quality assurance and quality control (QAQC), wrote FGDC compliant metadata, and compiled raw data and supplemental files for online publication. - 2016-2018, University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Student Research Assistant. Profiled beaches using a GPS unit to collect elevation data and collected sediment samples to assess coastal changes resulting from rising sea levels, seasonal changes, and storms. education: - MS, Geoscience Research, Keele University, (2020) Keele, United Kingdom. Thesis on Glacial and Paleoclimate reconstruction in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. - BS, Earth Sciences with Geophysics Concentration, University of New Hampshire (2018), Durham, New Hampshire. affiliations: - American Geophysical Union (AGU) - New Jersey section of the American Water Resources Association (NJ-AWRA) honors: [] abstracts: - Baseline Water Quality Inventory for Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, NJ. Virtual presentation for American Water Resources Association, 16 June 2022, Lawrenceville, NJ. - Kenefic, L.; Fogwill, C.; Rainsley, E.; Harris, M. 2019. Glacial and Paleoclimatic Reconstruction During the Last Glacial Transition, North Harris, Outer Hebrides. Poster presentation at Keele University, 18 July 2019, Keele, United Kingdom. - Kenefic, L.; Morton, E.; Bilek, S. 2018. Detection of Repeating Earthquakes within the Cascadia Subduction Zone Using 2013-2014 Cascadian Initiative Amphibious Network. Poster presentation at the 2018 University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference, 13-28 April 2018, Durham, NH, and presented at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec. 2017, New Orleans, LA. personal_statement: null