usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:49:33.832029' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-odonnell profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: odonnellm@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - database development - landscape-scale modeling - data development honors: [] intro_statements: - Michael O'Donnell is an ecologist at the Fort Collins Science Center. His work focuses primarily on sagebrush ecosystems. name: Michael O'Donnell name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-3488-003X organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center organization_name: Fort Collins Science Center personal_statement: "Michael O\u2019Donnell is an ecologist who has worked primarily\ \ in sagebrush ecosystems since 2008. He has focused on integrating data-intensive\ \ scientific discovery approaches that can facilitate a gained understanding\ \ of ecological processes, leading to better-informed prescriptions for decision-making\ \ actions. He has investigated a variety of biotic and abiotic studies across\ \ the sagebrush biome, including sage-grouse population frameworks/trends and\ \ habitat modeling, state-and-transition models, fire simulations, soil-climate\ \ budgets, as well as simulated land-use and climate change scenarios. He leverages\ \ information from a hybrid of scientific disciplines, such as ecology, geospatial\ \ sciences, remote sensing, statistics, and computer science to increase the\ \ understanding of complex multi-scale ecological relationships at community,\ \ regional, and global geographic extents." professional_experience: [] title: Ecologist