Item talk:Q47448

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Biologist with the Alaska Science Center
   additionalType: short description
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   abstract: Nicole is a Biologist with the Nearshore Marine Ecosystem Research Program
     at the Alaska Science Center. Her work focuses on sea otter behavioral ecology
     and aerial surveys using remote sensing throughout the Gulf of Alaska.
   additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement
 email: nlaroche@usgs.gov
 hasCredential:
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   name: MSc   2020    Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: BSc    2010    Marine Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
 hasOccupation:
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   affiliatedOrganization:
     '@type': Organization
     name: Alaska Science Center
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center
   roleName: Biologist
   startDate: '2024-05-10T21:02:05.846829'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: 2021 - Present   Biologist, USGS Alaska Science Center
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: 2020 - 2021        Alaska Sea Grant Fellowship, National Park Service
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: 2017 - 2020        Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University
     of Alaska Fairbanks
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: 2015 - 2017        Wildlife Safari Coordinator, Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: 2014 - 2015        Terrestrial Vertebrate Research Field Technician, National
     Park Service, Channel Islands National Park
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: 2014                     Research Field Technician, Tulane University
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: 2009 - 2014       Research Field Technician, University of California Santa
     Cruz and USGS Western Ecological Research Center
 identifier:
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   propertyID: ORCID
   value: 0000-0003-3737-5714
 jobTitle: Biologist
 knowsAbout:
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Nearshore Marine Ecosystems
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Sea otter biology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Sea otters
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: foraging ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: remote sensing
 memberOf:
   '@type': OrganizationalRole
   member:
     '@type': Organization
     name: U.S. Geological Survey
   name: staff member
   startDate: '2024-05-10T21:02:05.843312'
 name: Nicole LaRoche
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/nicole-laroche