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James Amato is a Wisconsin native residing in Wyoming. He received his BS and MS degrees in Geosciences from the University Wisconsin-Milwaukee with an emphasis in sedimentology, geomorphology, and geophysics.

Upon graduating in 2017, James joined the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Department of Geology as their Instrumentation Specialist. He co-instructed the UWO Geology Field Camp and co-led other interim field courses. In 2020, James joined the Wyoming State Geological Survey as their Map Editor and Geospatial Technical Principal. He served as the agency’s primary point of contact and subject matter expert for geographic information systems (GIS) and technologies. In 2023, James joined the 3D Visualization Center in the School of Energy Resources (SER) at the University of Wyoming (UW) as a Research Scientist. He oversees the school's GIS and Remote Sensing capabilities.

In 2025, James completed a second M.S. degree in GIS and Technologies, with an emphasis in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), from the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) at UW. He then began a PhD in the Department of Geology, utilizing drone and hyperspectral technologies to lithologically map.