Item talk:Q44672

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:35:19.738738'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/miya-n-barr
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - B.S., Geology & Geophysics, University of Missouri-Rolla, 2001
   email: mnbarr@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Suspended and streambed sediment sampling
   - Suspended-sediment transport and load
   - Sediment chemistry
   - Surface-water quality
   - Urban stream quality
   - Microbiology (fecal indicator bacteria)
   - Nutrients
   - Trace elements and Trace element flux
   - Nutrient flux
   - Hydrology
   - Geomorphology
   - Continuous monitoring
   - Mapping
   - Models, Water-quality, Regression, and Surrogate
   - Trends in water quality
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Miya Barr is a Hydrologist for the Water-Quality and Environmental Health Section
     of the USGS, Central Midwest Water Science Center, in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
   name: Miya N Barr
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-9961-9190
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cm-water
   organization_name: Central Midwest Water Science Center
   personal_statement: Miya began her career with the Missouri Water Science center
     in 1996 as a sediment laboratory assistant while attending the University of
     Missouri-Rolla. After graduation, Miya remained at the Missouri WSC measuring
     streamflow and sediments, and assisted senior hydrologists with projects such
     as bathymetric surveys, flood studies, as well as stormflow events for nutrients,
     fecal indicator bacteria, and sediment.In 2004, Miya became the Missouri Sediment
     Laboratory supervisor, reviewing over 5,000 sediment results a year, training
     many employees and students, and providing technical assistance to numerous
     coworkers across the USGS. In 2013, Miya became the Water Quality Specialist
     for the Missouri WSC.Miya has been project manager on several studies, most
     focusing on sediment quality and quantity. Among her most-challenging and favorites
     were assessing water-quality conditions of a watershed affected by a 1.2 billion-gallon
     reservoir embankment breach, and assessing lead-contaminated sediments in a
     historically-mined region. She has represented the Office of Water Quality as
     a data reviewer on more than 10 technical reviews, reviewed other USGS sediment
     laboratories, studied the efficiency of field equipment for sediment collection,
     and has been a member of the Virtual Sediment Advisory Committee.
   professional_experience:
   - 2004-Present, Hydrologist, USGS CMWSC, Lee's Summit, MO
   - 2000-2004, Hydrologic Technician, USGS-Missouri WSC, Rolla, MO
   - 1996-2000, Hydrologic Aid, USGS-Missouri WSC, Rolla, MO
   title: Hydrologist