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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:19:36.515470'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/sara-leann-caldwell-eldridge
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - M.S. Biology, Portland State University, 2009
   - B.S. Earth and Planetary Sciences (Magna Cum Laude), University of New Mexico,
     2005
   - B.S. Zoology (Summa Cum Laude), Texas State University, 1997
   email: seldridge@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - I am a Microbiologist in the Studies Section.
   name: Sara LeAnn (Caldwell)  Eldridge
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-8838-8940
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wyoming-montana-water-science-center
   organization_name: Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "I started with the USGS New Mexico Water Science Center in\
     \ 2003 as a student studying Earth Science with an emphasis on subsurface (groundwater)\
     \ microbiology. After receiving an MS in Biology in 2009, I worked as a Hydrologic\
     \ Technician and later, Microbiologist, with the Oregon Water Science Center,\
     \ Klamath Falls Field Station. In Oregon, I worked primarily on monitoring the\
     \ frequent cyanobacteria blooms and associated toxins (\u201CHABs\u201D) and\
     \ environmental parameters in Upper Klamath Lake. In 2018, I transferred to\
     \ the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, and I am now building a microbiology/microbial\
     \ ecology program and supporting water-quality studies throughout Montana and\
     \ Wyoming."
   professional_experience:
   - Microbiologist, USGS, Dec 2013-present
   - Hydrologist, USGS, Jan 2010-Dec 2013
   - Hydrologic Technician, USGS, April 2009-Jan 2010
   - Graduate Research Assistant, Portland State University, Sept 2005-April 2009
   - Hydrologic Technician, USGS, Jan 2003-June 2005
   title: Microbiologist