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Tom A Ruggles

Geospatial Data Analyst

Tom joined the Environmental Sciences Division at ORNL in 2020. He is a GIS analyst for HydroSource project, a data curator for the ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), and a data manager for the SPRUCE project and Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Scientific Focus Area (TES-SFA). Prior to joining ORNL, Tom received both his BS (Conservation and Environmental Biology, 2017)  and MS (Ecology, 2019) from Kent State University, where he studied the legacy of surface mine restoration on plant communities and soils.