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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:16:03.871059'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/joseph-vrabel
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Bachelor of Science, Mathematics with Physics minor (2000) Virginia Polytechnic
     Institute & State University
   email: jvrabel@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - bathymetry
   - geologic structure
   - lithostratigraphy
   - environmental assessment
   - contamination and pollution
   - groundwater quality
   - surface water quality
   - water quality
   - geospatial analysis
   - spatial analysis
   - groundwater flow
   - runoff
   - sediment transport
   - computational methods
   - field methods
   - mathematical modeling
   - mathematical simulation
   - statistical analysis
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Senior application developer with the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
   name: Joseph Vrabel
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: null
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oklahoma-texas-water-science-center
   organization_name: Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
   personal_statement: null
   professional_experience:
   - Performed computer modeling and data analysis using industry-standard software
     in the areas of surface- and groundwater flow, watershed simulation, contaminant/sediment
     transport, and surface geophysical data acquisition.
   - Developed mathematical methods and wrote custom software when commercially available
     tools were inadequate or nonexistent.
   - Collected pertinent field data to evaluate developed software and obtain critical
     results. Authored and published technical papers detailing the methods, results,
     and findings.
   - Prepared user manuals for the software and maintained a web-based central repository
     for distribution within the USGS scientific community. Actively maintained and
     enhanced the software based on feedback from the user community.
   title: Hydrologist