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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:56:54.304331'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/joel-w-homan
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Hydrology, Civil Engineering, University of Alaska
     Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 2015
   - 'Thesis: Precipitation in the Alaska Central Arctic'
   - MS Hydrologic Sciences, Boise State University
   - Graduate Cert in Geographical Information Analysis
   - 'Thesis: The Development and Evaluation of Ground, Model and Satellite-based
     Snowmelt Depletion Curve'
   - B.S. in Geology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, 2005
   email: jhoman@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Joel is an Hydrologist with the Colorado Water Science Center, Western Colorado
     Office, Grand Junction, Colorado
   name: Joel W Homan
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-6709-123X
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center
   organization_name: Colorado Water Science Center
   personal_statement: Currently he is investigating ephemeral streams in Western
     Colorado with the hopes of targeting remediation locations to reduce sediment
     and salinity loading into the Colorado River. Previously, he focused most of
     his career in snow and hydrological processes in the Alaska arctic. He received
     his PhD in Interdisciplinary Hydrology, Civil Engineering from the University
     of Alaska Fairbanks in 2015, where he conducted a comprehensive investigation
     of solid and liquid precipitation in the Alaska Central Arctic.
   professional_experience:
   - Hydrologist, USGS-Colorado Water Science Center, Grand Junction, CO, 2020-present
   - Research Hydrologist, USDA ARS, El Reno, OK, 2019
   - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska
     Fairbanks, 2016-2017
   - Research Assistant, Water and Environmental Research Center, Dept. Of Civil
     Engineering and Minds, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008-2015
   - Research Assistant, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of
     Michigan, 2007
   - Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geology, Boise State University, 2005-2007
   title: Hydrologist