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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/laura-c-gigliotti
   timestamp: '2024-01-30T14:09:13.623411'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Laura C. Gigliotti, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Research Wildlife Biologist
   organizations:
   - !!python/tuple
     - Cooperative Research Units
     - https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cooperative-research-units
   email: lcgigliotti@usgs.gov
   orcid: 0000-0002-6390-4133
   intro_statements:
   - Assistant Unit Leader - West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
     Unit
   expertise_terms:
   - Wildlife management
   - ecology
   - statistics and modeling
   professional_experience:
   - Assistant Unit Leader, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
     Unit, 2022-
   education:
   - PhD, Clemson University, 2016
   - MS, The Pennsylvania State University, 2013
   - BA, Colby College, 2008
   affiliations: []
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   personal_statement: Dr. Gigliotti joined the West Virginia Cooperative Fish &
     Wildlife Research Unit as an Assistant Unit Leader in August 2022. Prior to
     joining the WV Unit, Dr. Gigliotti received an MS from the Pennsylvania State
     University, a PhD from Clemson University, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher
     at U.C. Berkeley. She uses a combination of long-term datasets, targeted field
     studies, and spatial and demographic modelling to answer ecologically- and management-relevant
     questions. In particular, she conducts research related to species interactions,
     predator-prey ecology, wildlife responses to habitat management and anthropogenic
     disturbance, and linkages between habitat use and demography. She studies a
     variety of mammalian species both nationally and internationally, with a particular
     focus on carnivores and large game species. She will develop graduate-level
     classes at WVU based on the needs of the department.