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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/victor-s-cortes
   timestamp: '2024-01-30T10:36:32.379111'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Victor S Cortes, II
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Physical Scientist
   organizations:
   - !!python/tuple
     - Pennsylvania Water Science Center
     - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pennsylvania-water-science-center
   email: vcortes@usgs.gov
   orcid: null
   intro_statements:
   - I have been a Hydrologic Technician at the Pennsylvania Water Science Center
     with the Hydrologic Surveillance Program since November 2018. I am involved
     in the collection and subsequent records processing of continuous surface water,
     groundwater, and water quality data across the Commonwealth.
   expertise_terms:
   - surface water discharge
   - surveying
   - continuous hydrologic data processing
   - water quality sampling
   professional_experience:
   - Hydrologic Technician, USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center, since 2018
   - U.S. Forest Service, Biological Science Technician, Aquatic and Riparian Effectiveness
     Monitoring Program, Corvallis, Oregon
   education:
   - B.A. Biological Sciences, Drew University 2018
   affiliations: []
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   personal_statement: I routinely make discharge measurements with ADVs and ADCPs,
     execute differential level surveying to establish and maintain datum at gaging
     stations, deploy scientific equipment to monitor physical hydrology and water
     quality parameters, and continuously process data records. On occasion, I also
     assist the Hydrologic Studies Program with sampling for the Pennsylvania Water
     Quality Network.Previously, I performed fieldwork included biological and hydrologic
     data collection in isolated and forested watersheds in the Pacific Northwest
     states of Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. During this time, I participated
     in projects that spanned a large geographic area and included public lands such
     as Mt. Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park, Willamette National
     Forest, and Mt. Hood National Forest, among others. Data collected included
     channel morphology, stream gradient, benthic substrate, water chemistry, environmental
     DNA, and macroinvertebrates.