Item talk:Q54879

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:25:45.700912'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/todd-hawbaker
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - "2009, PhD Forestry, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison.  Dissertation title:\
     \ Fire in the wildland-urban interface, a national comparison of patterns of\
     \ fire occurrence and fire risk to homes."
   - "2003, M.S. Forestry, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison. Thesis title:\
     \ Road density and landscape pattern in Northern Wisconsin, USA; present and\
     \ past perspectives on environmental constraints and..."
   - 1998, B.S. Animal Ecology, Iowa State University.
   email: tjhawbaker@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - land use change
   - land use and land cover
   - human impacts
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem functions
   - ecosystems
   - habitat alteration
   - geospatial analysis
   - remote sensing
   - spatial analysis
   - fire control
   - fires
   - computational methods
   - field methods
   - geographic information systems
   - image analysis
   - mathematical modeling
   - mathematical simulation
   - risk assessment
   - statistical analysis
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Todd J. Hawbaker is a Research Ecologist with the Geosciences and Environmental
     Change Science Center in Denver, Colorado.
   name: Todd Hawbaker
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-0930-9154
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geosciences-and-environmental-change-science-center
   organization_name: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
   personal_statement: Todd received his B.S. degree in animal ecology in 1998 from
     Iowa State University.  After receiving his B.S., he worked for a couple of
     years burning and restoring tallgrass prairie in southwestern Minnesota and
     then pursued graduate school.  He received his M.S. degree in forestry in 2003
     and Ph.D. degree in forestry in 2009 from the University of Wisconsin.  He joined
     the U.S. Geological Survey as a research ecologist in 2008.  His current research
     with the USGS combines remote sensing with statistical and process-based ecosystem
     simulation models to understand the drivers behind ecosystem disturbances and
     quantify the impacts of disturbances on human and natural systems.
   professional_experience:
   - Research Ecologist (Oct. 2012 - present), U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences
     and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO
   - Research Ecologist (Aug. 2008 - Oct. 2012), U.S. Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain
     Geographic Science Center, Denver, CO
   - Graduate Research Assistant (Sep. 2004 - July 2008), University of Wisconsin,
     Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI
   - Research Intern (Sep. 2003 - Aug. 2004), University of Wisconsin, Department
     of Forest Ecology & Management, Madison, WI
   - Graduate Research Assistant (Jan. 2001 - Aug. 2003), University of Wisconsin,
     Department of Forest Ecology & Management, Madison, WI
   - Restoration Ecologist (May 1998 - Dec. 2000), Salix Ecological Resources, Windom,
     MN
   - Software Engineer & UNIX Systems Administrator (May 1993 - Oct. 1997), Engineering
     Animation Inc., Ames, IA
   title: Research Ecologist