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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:15:53.811397'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/leslie-a-desimone
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. Geology, Boston University
   - M.A. Geology, Boston University
   - B.A. Geology, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD
   email: ldesimon@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Groundwater Quality
   - Surface-water Quality
   - Water-quality Data
   - Statistical Analysis
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Leslie DeSimone is a Hydrologist in the New England Water Science Center.
   - Leslie serves as the Center Water-Quality Specialist and as an analyst for the
     National Water-Quality Assessment Project.
   name: Leslie A DeSimone
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-0774-9607
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center
   organization_name: New England Water Science Center
   personal_statement: Leslie started with USGS in 1988 and has worked on a broad
     range of studies on topics such as contaminant occurrence and transport in groundwater,
     surface-water quality trends and loads, and groundwater flow and availability.Current
     work includes:Machine-learning models of groundwater quality in the mid-Atlantic
     regionTechnical assistance on water-quality data and studies in New EnglandWater-quality
     database managementRecent work includes:National compilations of water quality
     in U.S. Principal Aquifers and in domestic wellsMapping bedrock well yield in
     eastern Massachusetts
   professional_experience:
   - 1988 - present, U.S. Geological Survey - Hydrologist
   title: Hydrologist