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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:19:24.522046'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/diane-elam
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: delam@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Diane Elam is a Research Manager at the Western Ecological Research Center.
   name: Diane Elam
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-8494-1582
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
   organization_name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
   personal_statement: Dr. Elam is a broadly-trained plant evolutionary and conservation
     biologist. Since her dissertation research on the genetic and reproductive consequences
     of plant population structure, she has emphasized the interface of science with
     management and policy. She began her government career with the Natural Diversity
     Data Base of the California Department of Fish and Game. In 1996, she moved
     to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service where she worked on Endangered Species
     Act issues for 20 years. She began at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center
     in January 2017 as a Research Manager and currently supervises 11 WERC lead
     scientists.EDUCATIONPh.D., Botany/Plant Genetics, University of California,
     Riverside, 1994M.A., Biology, University of Colorado, 1986B.S., Biology, The
     College of Idaho, 1983RESEARCH INTERESTSplant evolutionary biologyconservation
     biology
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Manager