Item talk:Q47484

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:11:21.352345'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/andrew-t-leaf
 profile:
   abstracts:
   - Leaf, A.; Breaker, B.; Adams, R.; Dietsch, B., 2018. Improving Numerical Simulation
     of Streams and Shallow Groundwater in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Mississippi
     Water Resources Conference, Jackson, MS, April 3-4.
   - "Leaf, A.T., 2018. A Field Investigation of a Small Drainage Lake and Contamination\
     \ Plume in Northern Wisconsin, AWRA \u2013 Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting,\
     \ Appleton, WI, March 8-9."
   - Leaf, Andrew T., Hunt, R.J., Christiansen, D.E., and Haj, A.E., 2017, Promise
     and peril of calibrating a high resolution gridded regional watershed model,
     MODFLOW and More conference, Golden, CO, May 21-24, 2017.
   - Leaf, Andrew T., Fienen, M.N, White, J.T. and Hunt, R.J., 2017, Data worth analysis
     for optimizing data collection for groundwater models, Minnesota Groundwater
     Association Spring Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 26.
   - "Leaf, A.T., 2017, A Distributed Temperature Sensing Investigation to Inform\
     \ Lakebed Pore-Water Sampling. AWRA \u2013 Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting,\
     \ Elkhart Lake, WI, March 9-10."
   - "Leaf, A.T., 2015, A program for rapidly building groundwater flow models. AWRA\
     \ \u2013 Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting, Oconomowoc, WI, March 5-6."
   - "Leaf, A.T., Gotkowitz, M.B. and Dunning, C.P., A groundwater flow model for\
     \ Columbia County, Wisconsin. AWRA \u2013 Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting,\
     \ Brookfield, WI, March 7-8, 2014."
   - Leaf, A.T., Hunt, R.J. and Fienen, M.N., Teaching concepts of non-uniqueness
     and uncertainty in groundwater. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. October 27-30,
     2013.
   - Leaf, A.T., Fienen, M.N. and Hunt, R.J., Prediction uncertainty analysis to
     inform additional data collection. MODFLOW and More conference, Golden, CO,
     June 3-5, 2013.
   - "Leaf, A.T., M.N. Fienen, and R.J. Hunt, Simulation of groundwater flow and\
     \ groundwater/surface water interactions in the Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin,\
     \ AWRA \u2013 Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting, Brookfield, WI, March 7-8, 2013."
   - Leaf, A.T., Hart, D.J. and Bahr, J.M., Single-well thermal tracer tests using
     distributed temperature sensing, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 31-November
     3, 2010.
   - Leaf, A.T. and J.M. Bahr, Water quality changes during aquifer storage recovery
     in the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer, Oak Creek, WI, GSA Annual Meeting, Houston,
     TX, October 5-9, 2008. (Co-winner, Best Student Paper)
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - M.S., Hydrogeology - University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
   - M.S., Water Resources Management - University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
   - B.A., Geology and History - Gustavus Adolphus College, 2005
   email: aleaf@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - groundwater
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Andrew Leaf is a Hydrologist at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.
   name: Andrew T Leaf
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-8784-4924
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/upper-midwest-water-science-center
   organization_name: Upper Midwest Water Science Center
   personal_statement: 'AREAS OF EXPERTISEgroundwater flow modelingsimulation of
     groundwater-surface water interactionsmodel calibration / parameter estimationapplication
     of GIS and the python programming language to hydrologic modeling and data analysisdistributed
     temperature sensingCURRENT PROJECTSMississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) Regional
     Water Availability StudyFloPyCentral Sands Lake StudyCoastal Lowlands Aquifer
     System Regional Groundwater Availability StudyrOpen - Open landscape nitrate
     retention mappingGroundwater-surface water interactions in the Bad River Watershed,
     Wisconsin.Field investigation of Haskell Lake water balance and subsurface lithology,
     Lac du Flambeau Reservation, WI.Other project and science support, teaching,
     and outreach as requestedACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICEReviewer forGroundwater,
     Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Environmental Modeling
     and Softwareand various USGS publications.2016 to present - Member, State of
     Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council Research and Monitoring Subcommittee2015
     to present - American Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section Board (President
     Elect)TEACHINGGW1774-Introduction to Python for Hydrologic Modeling- USGS course
     given to government and academic professionals, Feb 26-Mar 2, 2018, Lakewood,
     CO, Co-instructors: M.N. Fienen, J. D. Hughes, and C.D Langevin; April 4-8,
     2016 Madison, WI. Co-instructors: M.N. Fienen and J. D. HughesGeneral Python
     course given to DOI scientists at the California Volcano Observatory, Menlo
     Park, CA, July 25-28, 2017. Co-instructor: M.N. FienenGeospatial Python course
     given to DOI scientists at the Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center in
     La Crosse, WI, Nov. 15-17, 2017. Co-instructor: M.N. FienenUnderstanding and
     Evaluating Groundwater Flow Modelscourse given to EPA and tribal environmental
     staff, March 8-9, 2015, Fond du Lac, MN and April 6-8, Chicago, IL. Co-instructors:
     D.T. Feinstein and R.J. Hunt.CODE/SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTContributor to FloPy,
     SFRmaker and other open-source software projects for improving the quality,
     reproducibility and efficiency of hydrologic models (https://github.com/aleaf)'
   professional_experience:
   - 2012 - present  Hydrologist, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center
   - 2010 - 2012  Hydrogeologist, SoundEarth Strategies, Inc., Seattle, WA
   - 2007 - 2010  Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept.
     of Geoscience
   title: Hydrologist