Item talk:Q159947

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:16:23.439134'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/stephen-breen
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - PhD, Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley
   - MS, Civil Engineering, UC Irvine
   - BS, Physics, UC Irvine
   - BA, Economics, UC Santa Cruz
   email: sbreen@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Hydrologist for the Washington Water Science Center
   name: Stephen Breen
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-2630-6206
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/washington-water-science-center
   organization_name: Washington Water Science Center
   personal_statement: 'My areas of specialization include hydrogeology, contaminant
     transport, inverse modeling, and environmental fluid mechanics. Prior to joining
     the Washington Water Science Center, I led investigations into the following
     topics: 1) PFAS contamination in urban settings, 2) percolation modeling of
     flow in porous media, 3) groundwater responses to earthquakes, and 4) geophysical
     monitoring of geologic carbon sequestration.'
   professional_experience:
   - Hydrologist, USGS Washington Water Science Center, 2023 - present
   - Postdoctoral Scholar - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC
     Irvine, 2021-2023
   title: Hydrologist