Item talk:Q47894

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:58:19.683508'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/bonnie-mcdevitt
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020
   - B.S. Wildlife Conservation, Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Delaware,
     2012
   email: bmcdevitt@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Geochemistry
   - Water resources
   - Wastewater treatment
   - Energy resources
   - NORM
   - Isotopic analysis
   - Environmental impacts
   - Produced water characterization
   - Beneficial reuse
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Bonnie McDevitt is a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Engineer with the U.S.
     Geological Survey Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center in Reston, VA.
   name: Bonnie McDevitt
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-8390-0028
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geology-energy-and-minerals-science-center
   organization_name: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
   personal_statement: "Bonnie is a Mendenhall Fellow working within the Research\
     \ Opportunity \u201CReuse and treatment of high salinity waters produced from\
     \ hydrocarbon wells.\u201D Her current research focuses on radium removal from\
     \ produced waters utilizing optimized barite seeding and AMD-sourced iron and\
     \ manganese oxide sorption. Bonnie obtained her B.S. from the University of\
     \ Delaware in 2012 and her Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University Department\
     \ of Civil & Environmental Engineering in 2020. She worked for 3 years in the\
     \ drinking water and domestic wastewater treatment industry prior to starting\
     \ her Ph.D."
   professional_experience:
   - '2016-2020: Graduate teaching and research assistant, The Pennsylvania State
     University, State College, PA'
   - '2015-2016: Apprentice Water/Wastewater Operator & Lab technician, Wrightstown
     Municipal Utilities Authority, Wrightstown, NJ'
   - '2013-2016: Source Water Protection Specialist, New Jersey Water Association,
     Waretown, NJ'
   title: Research Engineer