Jennifer Stanton
Jennifer Stanton is a Hydrologist in the New England Water Science Center.
Jennifer Stanton began her career with the USGS in 1994. She has studied a wide range of water resource topics including groundwater quality, groundwater age dating, groundwater/surface-water interactions, groundwater level changes, estimation of water budget components, and development of groundwater flow models. Other areas of interest include application of GIS to analyze groundwater data.
2017-present: Assessing effects of oil and gas development on groundwater resources for the California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater Program.
2013-2017: Project manager for the National Brackish Groundwater Assessment.
2007-2013: Developed regional water budgets and groundwater-flow models using tools such as MODFLOW, Parameter Estimation (PEST), the Groundwater Management (GWM) package, and Soil Water Balance (SWB) code.
1996-2007: Conducted regional groundwater-quality studies.
1997-2000: Authored the annual state-wide groundwater level change report.
1996-2003: Managed USGS databases. Coordinated with 34 Federal, State, and local agencies to compile groundwater levels from approximately 4,000 observation wells state-wide on a semi-annual basis.
1994-1996: Provided GIS and cartographic support.
Professional Experience
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 2016 to Present
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Nebraska Water Science Center, 1998 to 2016
Student Trainee (Hydrology), U.S. Geological Survey, Nebraska Water Science Center, 1994 to 1998
Education and Certifications
B.S. Natural Resources, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1998
Major: Water Science – Minors: Math, Music