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USGS Staff Profile: | |||
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abstract: Research Oceanographer with the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science | |||
Center | |||
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abstract: "Legna M. Torres-Garci\u0301a is a Research Oceanographer at the St.\ | |||
\ Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida." | |||
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abstract: "Legna Torres Garc\xEDa's work focuses on using multi-scale observational\ | |||
\ and numerical model data to understand circulation, waves, sediment transport,\ | |||
\ and coastal vulnerability. Her research includes simulations of hydrodynamics\ | |||
\ and coastal change in Puerto Rico and the Florida Keys. In addition, she is\ | |||
\ Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida." | \ a principal investigator on a project on assessing the coastal vulnerability\ | ||
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\ of communities in Puerto Rico through a focused stakeholder engagement approach.\ | \ of communities in Puerto Rico through a focused stakeholder engagement approach.\ | ||
\ Her focus on both numerical model development and stakeholder engagement enables\ | \ Her focus on both numerical model development and stakeholder engagement enables\ | ||
\ her to address community needs with the best available science." | \ her to address community needs with the best available science." | ||
additionalType: personal statement | |||
email: ltorresgarcia@usgs.gov | |||
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name: 'Ph.D., (2020), University of Florida, Major in Oceanographic and Coastal | |||
Engineering, Dissertation: Hydrodynamics and sediment mobility in degraded barrier | |||
coral reefs' | |||
- '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential | |||
name: 'M.S., (2014), University of South Carolina, Major in Geology; Earth and | |||
Ocean Sciences Department, Thesis: Flow Dynamics in the Transition Zone from | |||
Estuarine Tidal to Fluvial Regime' | |||
- '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential | |||
name: 'M.S., (2009), University of South Carolina, Major in Physics, Physics and | |||
Astronomy Department, Thesis: Search for Interstellar Silicate Dust in Four | |||
Quasar Absorber Galaxies' | |||
- '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential | |||
name: "B.S., (2006), University of Puerto Rico, Mayagu\u0308ez, Major in Physics,\ | |||
\ Physics Department" | |||
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name: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center | |||
url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/spcmsc | |||
roleName: Research Oceanographer | |||
startDate: '2024-05-12T15:47:18.504737' | |||
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additionalType: self-claimed professional experience | |||
name: Research Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal & | |||
Marine Geology Science Center, 2022 to present | |||
- '@type': Occupation | |||
additionalType: self-claimed professional experience | |||
name: Postdoctoral Research Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg | |||
Coastal & Marine Geology Science Center, 2020 to 2022 | |||
- '@type': Occupation | |||
additionalType: self-claimed professional experience | |||
name: Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal & Marine Geology | |||
Science Center, 2014 to 2016 | |||
- '@type': Occupation | |||
additionalType: self-claimed professional experience | |||
name: Teaching Assistant, University of South Carolina, Geology Laboratory Coordinator | |||
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value: 0000-0002-6786-5944 | |||
jobTitle: Research Oceanographer | |||
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additionalType: self-claimed expertise | |||
name: numerical modeling | |||
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additionalType: self-claimed expertise | |||
name: geophysics | |||
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additionalType: self-claimed expertise | |||
name: physics | |||
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additionalType: self-claimed expertise | |||
name: coastal community engagement | |||
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name: fieldwork | |||
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additionalType: self-claimed expertise | |||
name: hydrodynamics | |||
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additionalType: self-claimed expertise | |||
name: sediment transport | |||
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name: U.S. Geological Survey | |||
name: staff member | |||
startDate: '2024-05-12T15:47:18.501910' | |||
name: "Legna M Torres-Garci\u0301a, Ph.D." | |||
url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/legna-m-torres-garcia |