USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person affiliation: [] description: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Research Physical Scientist with the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject abstract: Dr. Varanka, Research Physical Scientist, leads the Geospatial Semantics and Ontology project of the Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science. additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject abstract: Dr. Varanka was a research assistant at The Field Museum of Natural History and later at The Newberry Library in Chicago. She started her Federal career at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in 1993 and has been a Research Grade Evaluation (RGE) scientist since 1998 with the USGS National Geospatial Program. Dr. Varanka taught Geospatial Ontology and Semantics at Johns Hopkins University and is Chair of the Commission on Geospatial Semantics of the International Cartographic Association. additionalType: personal statement email: dvaranka@usgs.gov hasCredential: [] hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: National Geospatial Technical Operations Center url: https://www.usgs.gov/national-geospatial-technical-operations-center roleName: Research Physical Scientist startDate: '2024-05-22T10:21:30.120807' - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS) url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cegis startDate: '2024-05-22T10:21:30.120820' identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q54313 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0003-2857-9600 jobTitle: Research Physical Scientist knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Map Semantics - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Geospatial Semantic Technology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Geographic Ontology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Geospatial Semantics memberOf: '@type': OrganizationalRole member: '@type': Organization name: U.S. Geological Survey name: staff member startDate: '2024-05-22T10:21:30.104577' name: Dalia E Varanka, PhD url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/dalia-e-varanka