Item talk:Q47810

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:52:11.522094'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/rob-massatti
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - 'Ph.D., 2015: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
     MI'
   - 'Dissertation: Spatial And Temporal Factors Influencing the Distribution and
     Diversification of the Montane Flora'
   - 'M.S., 2007: Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY'
   - 'Thesis: A Floristic Inventory of the East Slope of the Wind River Mountain
     Range and Vicinity, Wyoming'
   - 'B.S., 2002: Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI'
   email: rmassatti@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Western North America flora
   - Population genetics
   - Conservation genetics
   - Restoration genetics
   - Restoration
   - Native plant materials development
   - Phylogeography
   - Impacts of Pleistocene climate change on species in western NA
   - Carex species
   - Next-generation sequencing
   - Genetic diversity
   - National Seed Strategy
   - Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program (CPNPP)
   - Great Basin Native Plant Project
   - Southwest US
   - Western US
   - Intermountain West
   - Genomics
   - Climate change
   - Landscape genetics
   - Spatial population dynamics
   - Biodiversity
   - Desert ecosystems
   - Native plants
   - Demographic modeling
   - Geographic range dynamics
   - Species distribution modeling
   - Threatened and endangered species
   - Native Plant Seed Mapping Toolkit
   - POPMAPS
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dr. Rob Massatti is a research ecologist and plant geneticist with the Southwest
     Biological Science Center.
   name: Rob Massatti, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-5854-5597
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/southwest-biological-science-center
   organization_name: Southwest Biological Science Center
   personal_statement: Dr. Massatti is interested in how species and their genetic
     variation are distributed across western North America, and investigates the
     historical and contemporary factors influencing these patterns using genetic,
     environmental, and distributional data. This research framework allows him to
     place findings in the context of restoration and native plant materials development.
   professional_experience:
   - '2018 - Present: Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological
     Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ'
   - '2016 - 2018: Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science
     Center, Flagstaff, AZ'
   - '2015 - 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI'
   - '2008 - 2010: Assistant Director, Conservation Research Program, Institute for
     Applied Ecology, Corvallis, OR'
   title: Research Ecologist