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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:18:33.012019'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/thomas-d-byl
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
   - American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
   - National Speleological Society (NSS)
   education:
   - Biological Science Ph.D. is from the University of Memphis
   - Masters in Plant Biochemistry is from LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
   - Bachelors in Biology is from Hope College.
   email: tdbyl@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - 'Thomas D Byl is a Biologist in the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center,
     Duty Station: Nashville Tennessee since 1993'
   name: Thomas D Byl, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-6907-9149
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/lower-mississippi-gulf-water-science-center
   organization_name: Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "He is also affiliated with Tennessee State University through\
     \ the cooperative agreement program.  Tom has advised more than 200 research\
     \ students at TSU in engineering, biology, chemistry and agriculture sciences.\
     \  His students\u2019 projects include developing tracer models for non-ideal\
     \ flow, bioremediation of contaminated groundwater, GIS, karst and wetland hydrology,\
     \ environmental microbiology, and biogeochemistry."
   professional_experience:
   - "Tom\u2019s research focuses on fate of chemicals in surface and groundwater.\
     \  Tom enjoys working in karst environments.  Tom has worked on a wide variety\
     \ of water resource issues, such water quantity and quality, bio-geochemistry,\
     \ hydrological and biological processes."
   title: Research Biologist