usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:02:14.645079' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/cayla-morningstar profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - B.A. Zoology, Miami University Oxford, OH - B.A. Philosophy, Miami University Oxford, OH email: cmorningstar@usgs.gov expertise_terms: [] honors: [] intro_statements: - Cayla Morningstar is a Biologist at the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Gainesville, FL working with the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database group. She is interested in conservation and aquatic systems. Her undergraduate research focused on conservation genetics and biogeography of endangered mollusks. name: Cayla Morningstar name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-0078-9430 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center organization_name: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center personal_statement: null professional_experience: - "Cayla previously worked with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission\u2019\ s freshwater mussel group." title: Biologist