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USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person affiliation: [] description: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Wildlife Biologist with the Southwest Biological Science Center additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject abstract: "As a Wildlife Biologist, Shellie\u2019s research interests focus on\ \ conservation of animals and their habitats, the effects of climate change\ \ on wildlife, and animal ecology and physiology. Her current focus is directed\ \ toward the study of turtle and tortoise ecology and conservation in the Desert\ \ Southwest, working closely under herpetologist and Research Ecologist, Dr.\ \ Jeffrey Lovich." additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject abstract: "Shellie is a Wildlife Biologist in the Terrestrial Dryland Ecology\ \ Branch of the Southwest Biological Science Center. She began as a volunteer\ \ with USGS, providing field support for collecting data on the demography and\ \ ecology of the federallythreatenedAgassiz\u2019s desert tortoise (Gopherus\ \ agassizii) at Joshua Tree National Park and then was hired as a Biological\ \ Science Technician with USGS to assist in a mark-recapture study of a population\ \ of Sonora mud turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense) at Montezuma Well. She is currently\ \ investigating desert tortoise ecology and demography in the Sonoran Desert\ \ of California with the ultimate objective of aiding in establishing a long-term\ \ desert tortoise monitoring program. The program will be used by the Coachella\ \ Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation\ \ Plan to measure desert tortoise population trends. Additionally, Shellie is\ \ working on a project that focuses on locating, studying, and protecting relict\ \ populations of the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) along the\ \ Mojave River in San Bernardino County, California. The southwestern pond turtle\ \ has been listed as a species of special concern in California, primarily due\ \ to loss of habitat as the river dries due to drought and overdraft from urban\ \ and agricultural use.Before coming to USGS, Shellie received her education\ \ at the University of Toledo, Ohio. As an undergraduate fascinated by the Life\ \ Sciences, she worked in an immunology lab that studied Experimental Autoimmune\ \ Encephalomyelitis (EAE) in mice. EAE is an analog for demyelinating diseases\ \ in humans, such as multiple sclerosis. Her undergraduate thesis focused on\ \ researching ways to ameliorate the disease. Her work earned her college and\ \ departmental honors. After graduating summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology\ \ and a B.A. in Chemistry, she decided to begin a Master\u2019s Program in Biology/Ecology\ \ at UT. During the remainder of her time at the university, she studied the\ \ effects of climate change, specifically heat waves, on plant physiology and\ \ plant-herbivore interactions. She also participated in research on developing\ \ a biofuel from diatoms (a type of algae) harvested from Lake Erie. Her free\ \ time was spent working in the UT Outdoor Classroom Garden \u2013 a community\ \ garden established to teach and promote sustainability \u2013 or learning\ \ to be a guide on the rivers of West Virginia in order to discover more about\ \ the natural history and native flora and fauna of the area, with the goal\ \ of passing the knowledge along to others. Her developing enthusiasm for becoming\ \ a steward of the natural environment and using research to develop strategies\ \ for addressing climate change and wildlife conservation eventually pushed\ \ her to move West to Arizona in order to pursue other opportunities. Since\ \ then, she has been building her portfolio in the exciting world of research\ \ and conservation in herpetology under the tutelage of Dr. Jeffrey Lovich." additionalType: personal statement email: mpuffer@usgs.gov hasCredential: [] hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: Southwest Biological Science Center url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/southwest-biological-science-center roleName: Wildlife Biologist startDate: '2024-05-12T15:43:04.597074' identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q48722 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0003-4957-0963 jobTitle: Wildlife Biologist knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Wildlife ecology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Wildlife physiology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Conservation - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Climate change - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Herpetology memberOf: '@type': OrganizationalRole member: '@type': Organization name: U.S. Geological Survey name: staff member startDate: '2024-05-12T15:43:04.594198' name: Shellie (Michele) R Puffer url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/shellie-michele-r-puffer
