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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:51:28.735260'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/heather-heckathorn
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - USGS North Atlantic and Appalachian Region Capability Team Lead, Harmful Algal
     Blooms (HABs)
   - NJ Water Monitoring Council co-chair
   - NJ Section of American Water Resources Association
   - USGS Water Mission Area (WMA) Scientific and Technical Employee Development
     (STED) Committee
   - USGS WMA Urban Landscapes Capability Team
   - USGS WMA PFAS Capability Team
   - Scientific and Technical Advisory Council for Delaware River Basin Commission
   education:
   - "BS Environmental Science \u2013 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery\
     \ Rock, PA"
   email: haheck@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Surface Water Quality
   - Groundwater Quality
   - Trace Element Contamination
   - Sediment Oxygen Demand
   - Aquatic Ecosystems
   - Contamination and Pollution
   - Environmental Assessment
   - Streamflow
   - Surface Water (Non-Marine)
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Heather is the Water Quality Specialist for the USGS NJ Water Science Center.
     Heather's career with the U.S. Geological Survey New Jersey Water Science Center
     began in 2000 after studying at the University of Pittsburgh and Slippery Rock
     University of Pennsylvania.
   name: Heather Heckathorn
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-7195-5889
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-jersey-water-science-center
   organization_name: New Jersey Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Her career with the USGS has focused on the water quality\
     \ of groundwater and surface water. In support of New Jersey\u2019s extensive\
     \ water-quality networks, Heather has worked to ensure these networks of long-term\
     \ discrete data and long-term continuous water-quality monitors are maintained\
     \ with a high standard of efficiency, quality, and impartiality producing unbiased,\
     \ high-quality data for water-quality investigations.Recent investigations include\
     \ determining variations of concentrations of water-quality constituents throughout\
     \ New Jersey, Sediment Oxygen Demand, antibiotic resistance, assessments of\
     \ nutrient loads, and monitoring harmful algal blooms in lakes and reservoirs.\
     \ She helps guide the focus of several hydrographers and advises on best practices\
     \ for superior data collection, review, and publication of water-quality data.Her\
     \ current interests include monitoring and assessing contaminants of emerging\
     \ concern including, but not limited, to microplastics, PFAS, and harmful algal\
     \ blooms and using novel approaches to monitor a variety of water-quality characteristics."
   professional_experience:
   - Water-Quality Specialist, New Jersey Water Science Center, 2018-present
   - Water-Quality Specialist, Acting, New Jersey Water Science Center, 2016-2018
   - Supervisory Hydrologist, New Jersey Water Science Center, 2013-2018
   - Hydrologist, Team Lead, New Jersey Water Science Center, 2008-2013
   - Hydrologist, Project Chief, Antibiotic Resistance, 2010-2012
   - Hydrologist, Project Chief, Nutrient Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) and Sediment
     Oxygen Demand (SOD) in the Saddle and Salem River Watersheds, 2007-2009
   - Hydrologist, Hydrologic Data Assessment Program, 2000-2013
   title: Hydrologist / Water Quality Specialist