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