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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:45:30.422793'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jill-jenkins
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D., Microbiology, Memphis State University, 1991
   - M.S., Microbiology and Biochemistry, Idaho State University, 1985
   - B.S., Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1981
   email: jenkinsj@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - aquatic ecosystems
   - environmental assessment
   - estuarine ecosystems
   - freshwater ecosystems
   - endangered species
   - invasive species
   - domestic well water use
   - runoff
   - sediment transport
   - water quality
   - fishery resources
   - inland fishery resources
   - marine fishery resources
   - hazards
   - hurricanes
   - image analysis
   - laboratory methods
   - contamination and pollution
   - health and disease
   - human impacts
   - industrial pollution
   - land use change
   - nonpoint-source pollution
   - pesticide and herbicide contamination
   - pharmaceutical contamination
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Jill Jenkins is a Research Microbiologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research
     Center.
   name: Jill Jenkins, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-5087-0894
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center
   organization_name: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
   personal_statement: "Jill Jenkins\u2019 efforts emphasize the study of potential\
     \ impacts of environmental stressors at the cellular and molecular levels. Her\
     \ major areas of focus include biomarker development, endocrine disruption,\
     \ genetics, and comparative immunology.  Key laboratory biotechnologies she\
     \ uses are photomicroscopy and flow cytometry.  Primary cell types studied are\
     \ blood and spermatozoa, and assays are tailored to the particular species requirements\
     \ and hypotheses being addressed.Jenkins specializes in the development and\
     \ application of biomarkers; these are measures of variables that respond in\
     \ quantifiable ways to changes in the environment.  The choice of particular\
     \ biomarkers at specific biological levels of organization (such as genetic,\
     \ cellular, tissue, hormonal, and organismal levels) depends on the study at\
     \ hand.  Because molecular and biochemical responses of cells are preceded by\
     \ chemical changes in nuclei, cytoplasm, membranes, and extracellular fluids,\
     \ these responses can be diagnostic and contribute to an assessment of ecosystem\
     \ health.BACKGROUND1991-1992: Postdoctoral Res.;  Reproductive Genetics Labs,\
     \ Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Univ. of TN, with Stephen Wachtel"
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Microbiologist