usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:27:03.693395' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jessica-j-walker profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - 2012 - Ph.D. Geospatial and Environmental Analysis, Virginia Tech - 2000 - M.A. Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson - 1991 - B.A. Applied Math, Williams College email: jjwalker@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - remote sensing - geospatial analysis - geographic information systems - image analysis - real-time monitoring and reporting - statistical analysis - land use change - fires - desert ecosystems - forest ecosystems - grassland ecosystems - shrubland ecosystems honors: [] intro_statements: - Jessica started with the USGS as a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Researcher in 2014. name: Jessica J Walker name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-3225-0317 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/western-geographic-science-center organization_name: Western Geographic Science Center personal_statement: Jessica's broad research interests center on the analysis of landscape change using remote sensing data. Past projects have included tracking the vegetative trajectories of areas recovering from fire events, both in the semi-arid, high-elevation forests of Arizona and the boreal forests of Alaska. Additional recent work includes examining surface inundation patterns via Landsat and MODIS imagery as part of the PLACE project (Patterns in the Landscape - Analyses of Cause and Effect). professional_experience: [] title: Research Geographer