Dorothy F Sifuentes, PhD

Professional Experience

U.S.G.S., Supervisory Hydrologist, 2008-present, Davie, Florida

U.S.G.S., Hydrologist, 1999-2008, Atlanta, Georgia

Indiana University Department of Chemistry, Research Assistant and Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1993-1999

Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Summer Internships, 1992 and 1993

U.S.G.S., Hydrologist, 1988-1991, West Trenton, New Jersey

Education

Ph.D., Geochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998

M.S., Geological Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, 1995      

A.B., Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1987

I have worked on a wide range of natural resource problems, including:

• mineralogy and transport of naturally occurring radionuclides in groundwater, Newark Basin, New Jersey;
• generation of natural gas, diagenetic process, and prediction of hydraulic properties of natural gas and petroleum reservoirs by mechanical and geochemical processes, Piceance Basin, Colorado, and Mid-Norway Basin, North Sea; and
• saltwater intrusion and the effects of climate change on groundwater resources in coastal Georgia and South Carolina, and in southeastern coastal Florida.

I currently supervise scientists and provide technical oversight on a wide range of hydrologic studies of significant relevance to water resources in South Florida.