usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:26:43.361000' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jay-diffendorfer profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - University of Kansas, Ph.D., (Ecology), 1995 - Ohio University, BS, (Wildlife Biology), 1989 email: jediffendorfer@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - geospatial analysis - biodiversity - ecological competition - ecological processes - ecosystem diversity - ecosystem functions - ecosystems - environmental assessment - habitat alteration - habitats - shrubland ecosystems - human impacts - land use and land cover - land use change - spatial analysis - natural resource management - animals - capturing (animals) - endangered species - invasive species - species diversity - vegetation - vertebrates - wildlife - wildlife population management - field methods - mathematical modeling - mathematical simulation - statistical analysis - climate change - effects of climate change - fires - energy resources - maps and atlases honors: [] intro_statements: - I'm an applied ecologist working at the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center. name: Jay Diffendorfer name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0003-1093-6948 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geosciences-and-environmental-change-science-center organization_name: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center personal_statement: Trained as an ecologist, I originally worked on spatial ecology and conservation biology, including a USGS-funded post doc at University of Miami modelling reptile and amphibian responses to possible restoration scenarios in the Everglades. I then worked as an assistant and full professor at San Diego State University, studying relationships between urbanization, fire, and invasive species on a native flora and fauna in southern California. This field-oriented research involved radiotelemetry, capture-recapture, and vegetation studies. I left San Diego State University and spent 4 years at the Illinois Natural History Survey where my research began to expand into disease ecology and agro-ecosystems. Since arriving at USGS in 2008, I have continued to expand my research focus and currently work on science related to the energy-environment nexus, ecosystem services, and applied ecology. professional_experience: - 2014- Research Scientist and Supervisor, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado - 2008-2014 Research Scientist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado - 2004-2008 Associate Scientist, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois - 1998-2004 Assistant/Associate Professor, San Diego State University, San Diego, California - 1995-1998 Postdoctoral research with USGS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida title: Research Ecologist