usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:29:29.123647' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/h-brian-underwood profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: - The Wildlife Society (TWS) education: - PhD (1990); Wildlife Ecology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse. - MS (1986); Wildlife Ecology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse - BS (1982); Wildlife Resources Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown. email: hbunderw@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Adaptive Management - Analytical Methods - Artificial Intelligence - Biodiversity - Biological Indicator - Biosurveillance - Citizen Science - Climate Science - Coastal Ecology - Conservation Science - Decision Analysis - Decision Science - Decision Support Systems and Tools - Disease Ecology - Ecological Flows - Ecological Stressors - Ecosystem Ecology - Ecosystem Services - Endangered & Threatened Species - Forest Science - GIS - Habitat and Population Monitoring - Habitat Assessment - Habitat Modeling - Habitat Restoration - Harvest Management - Hierarchical Modeling - Invasive Species - Land Management - Landscape Ecology - Mammals Management - Mathematical Modeling - Movement Ecology - Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration - Passive Samplers - Plant Ecology - Population Dynamics, Demography and Modeling - Population Modeling - Project Management - Quantitative Ecology - Recreational Fishing and Hunting - Restoration Ecology - Risk Analysis - Spatial Ecology - Species at Risk - Species of Management Concern - Species Status Assessment - Statistics - Structured Decision Making - Terrestrial Ecology - Urban Fish and Wildlife Ecology - Vegetation Community Classification and Analysis - Vegetation Modeling - Wildlife Biology - Wildlife Disease - Wildlife Ecology - Wildlife Health and Diseases - Wildlife Migration - Zoonotic Diseases honors: - Patuxent Scientific Achievement Award, 3/00 - Service Appreciation, Bureau of Land Management, 5/99 - "Regional Director\u2019s Award (Northeast Region) for Natural Resource Research,\ \ National Park Service, 5/98" - Merit Award for Scientific Contributions, Fire Island National Seashore, 2/98 intro_statements: - Brian is a Research Wildlife Biologist located at the Eastern Ecological Science Center (formerly Patuxent Wildlife Research Center) in Cortland, New York. name: H Brian Underwood, Ph.D. name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-2064-9128 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc organization_name: Eastern Ecological Science Center personal_statement: Brian collaborates with DOI partners, USGS and academic colleagues on mission-critical problems or emerging issues. I conduct research primarily through graduate student mentoring and advising. Secondarily, he provide technical assistance to partners that often lead to interesting research questions and products. professional_experience: - 1996 - present USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center, Cortland, NY - 1993 - 1996 National Biological Survey, Syracuse, NY - 1990 - 1993 National Park Service, Boston, MA title: Research Wildlife Biologist