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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:42:50.126411'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/paul-buszka
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: pmbuszka@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - groundwater
   - water cycle
   - water quality and geochemistry
   - wetland ecosystems
   - groundwater age dating
   - groundwater-surface water interaction
   - groundwater pollution
   - mine drainage
   - nonpoint-source pollution
   - pharmaceutical contamination
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Paul is a Scientist Emeritus (Hydrologist) in the Hydrologic Investigations
     Section. Paul has worked with USGS in Texas (1984-1993) and in Indianapolis
     (1993-present) on groundwater, water chemistry, and invasive carp studies in
     Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. He also worked as a Hydrogeologist with
     STS Consultants in Green Bay, Wisconsin (1982-84).
   name: Paul Buszka
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-8218-826X
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oki-water
   organization_name: Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Paul works with USGS scientific staff, chiefly in Indiana,\
     \ Kentucky and Ohio and elsewhere and with USGS partners to identify, facilitate\u202F\
     and pursue scientific investigations intended to increase understanding of the\
     \ quantity, quality and availability of groundwater and surface water in the\
     \ Nation. \u202FTopics of\u202Fthese investigations include:Use of hydrophone\
     \ telemetry with USGS streamflow gages to detect radiotagged invasive carpGeochemical\
     \ aspects of carbon dioxide at a potential invasive species barrier site in\
     \ IllinoisNear-real time reporting of groundwater levels from a dam mitigation\
     \ site, KentuckyContinuous surface-water quality monitoring and microbial evaluations\
     \ of onshore groundwater and beach sediment at Lake Michigan beaches affected\
     \ by E. coliGroundwater hydrology and quality of carbonate aquifers and alluvial\
     \ depositsBoron isotope geochemistry and contaminant source evaluationOccurrence,\
     \ environmental fate, and tracer applications of volatile organic, wastewater\
     \ and pharmaceutical compoundsApplication of elemental ratios to evaluate oil\
     \ and gas brine and salinity sourcesGroundwater-age estimates using tritium\
     \ and fluorocarbon tracers.Groundwater-surface water interactions and their\
     \ relation to wetland restorationWastewater compounds\u202Fin surface water\
     \ from a restored wetland and in Lake Michigan tributariesOccurrence of per-and\
     \ polyfluorinated substances in domestic wells, southwestern OhioCooperative\
     \ relationships with numerous Federal, State, local and private partners were\
     \ established or renewed during my term as Supervisory Hydrologist (1993-2019)\
     \ in Indianapolis.EducationAttended Michigan State University, East Lansing,\
     \ Michigan (B.S., Geology, 1979) and University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,\
     \ Canada, M.Sc., Hydrogeology and Environmental Geochemistry, 1982. M.Sc. research\
     \ was on fate and transport of leachate contaminants from a landfill in a terrain\
     \ that was depleted in carbonate minerals."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Hydrologist