Leanne Stepchinski Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

I perform research related to stream assessments from hydrological and ecological perspectives.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Performed research related to hydrologic functions and connectivity within headwater wetland complexes, and between these systems and downstream waters. Prepared proposals, wrote grant and fellowship applications..
• Obtained, managed, and organized climatic data to analyze intra-annual and interannual climatic trends in physiographic region, and resulting hydrologic trends. Mapped, classified, and estimated prevalence of vernal.
• Developed depressional fill + spill wetland water balance model. Calibrated and validated model with field data. Created algorithm to combine and vary combinations of wetlands and flowpaths to simulate changes of.
• Modeled arrangements of wetlands + flowpaths in archetypal wetlandscapes, and simulated changes to hydrologic connectivity. Analyzed model outputs of stage and outflow in the archetypal wetlandscapes. Evaluated changes.

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Developed and taught a new graduate-level course, created assignments and lectures for existing courses, served as teaching assistant for field and lecture courses.Courses as Instructor:Geosciences Graduate Skills.
• Proposed course concept, and created content, assignments, activities, and lectures for course. Created professional and academic development resources for students.Wildlife Research Methods (Undergraduate course):
• Facilitated online Canvas course, managed teaching assistants, graded student assignments.Courses at Teaching Assistant:Hydrology Hybrid (Online and Field Skills) Camp (2021) (2 sections):
• Taught online portion of the course: created assignments, assembled Canvas course, created tutorials for student skill mastery, graded assignments, coordinated guest speakers. Prepared field and lab equipment for field.
• Created Canvas course, assignments, and tutorials for student skill mastery. Graded assignments, coordinated guest speakers for course.Hydrology Field Camp (2019):
• Created assignments, taught students skills for field work, data analyses, and presentations, prepared field and lab equipment for course, co-led tour of Florida hydrology field trip, graded field reports and.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Reviewed and tested EdVision software design and functionality. Provided feedback on user experience, including suggesting improvements to design, user interface, and functionality.

San Antonio, Texas

• Performed research related to hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrostratigraphy, geochemistry, and conceptual modeling of water resources. Conceptual Model for the Hill Country Trinity Aquifer Groundwater Availability Model
• Expanded and managed datasets related to aquifer water levels, water chemistry, recharge, discharge, and hydraulic parameters.
• Created data products and documentation related to: ecology, topography, climate, vegetation, soils, surficial geology, stratigraphy + hydrostratigraphy, and geospatial data.Study of Brackish Aquifers in Texas –.
• Compiled datasets of stratigraphic and geochemical data, calculated water salinity, delineated aquifer salinity zones. Created and managed data products and documentation.
• Served as project manager: managed workflow and finances of $400,000 state-funded project. Led project team of 14 technical staff. Managed and wrote reporting for project. Presented results to client and statewide.
• Created databases of stratigraphic, structural, and chemistry data. Developed aquifer characterization sampling plan, conducted groundwater and surface water sampling for geochemical analyses. Communicated results to.

Compiled and analyzed geologic and hydrologic data. Utilized Microsoft Access and Excel to record‚ search‚ query‚ and analyze data. Conducted research independently to find relevant literature and data‚ including reading and interpreting geophysical well logs. Used Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to edit images and create figures. Utilized ArcGIS to locate.

• Honors Thesis: Controls on Carbonate Factory Type (Abiotic, Microbial, Skeletal) on the Hongyan Margin of the Yangtze Platform, South China:
• Conducted field study identifying and analyzing carbonate rocks, mapped and created stratigraphic sections.
• Utilized thin section petrography to analyze carbonate grain types and diagenetic features of carbonate rocks, conducted point counting.
• Prepared stratigraphy columns and gamma ray log columns, and analyzed point count data. Creation of Integrated Biostratigraphy and Chronostratigraphy for the Permian-Upper Triassic Strata of Guandao Section.
• Imaged and evaluated conodont microfossils utilizing Scanning Electron Microscope, created microfossil identification plates, and developed a chronostratigraphy using biostratigraphy, carbon isotope stratigraphy, and.

San Antonio, Texas

Bachelor of Science Degree in Geosciences

Ph.D., Geology: Hydrology And Water Resources Science

Activities and Societies: Geoscience Graduate Student Organization

Bachelor Of Science, Geosciences

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega, Geology Club, Trinity Choir, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Students Organized for Sustainability