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Leslie Hsu

Leslie Hsu is a physical scientist in the USGS Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) program. She coordinates the Community for Data Integration.

Leslie Hsu is coordinator of the USGS Community for Data Integration, project coordinator of the USGS Model Catalog, and part of the USGS State of the Data project. 

Professional Experience

  • Physical Scientist, Science Data Management Branch, USGS (2015-present)

  • Associate Research Scientist, Geoinformatics, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (2013-2015)

  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Geoinformatics, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (2011-2013)

  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Geomorphology, University of California, Santa Cruz (2010)

Education and Certifications

  • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
    Ph.D in Earth & Planetary Science (2010) 
    Dissertation: Bedrock Erosion by Debris Flows

  • University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
    M.S. in Geosciences (2002) 
    Thesis: Dating Quaternary Alluvial Fan Surfaces by Morphological Methods Based on Hillslope Diffusion 

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 
    B.A. in Earth & Planetary Sciences (2000)
    Senior thesis: Atmospheric and Oceanic Distributions of Methyl Iodide (CH3I) for Global 3-D models 

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