usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:15:37.552707' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lillian-t-raz profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - PhD, Oregon State University, 2010 - BS, Centre College, 2004 email: ltuttleraz@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - statistics and modelling - disease - fisheries management honors: [] intro_statements: - Assistant Unit Leader - Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit name: Lillian T. Raz, PhD name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-5009-8080 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cooperative-research-units organization_name: Cooperative Research Units personal_statement: "Dr. Tuttle Raz is currently the Assistant Unit Leader of\ \ the Hawai\u2018i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit. Prior to joining the Hawai\u2018\ i Unit, Dr. Tuttle Raz was an Essential Fish Habitat Biologist at NOAA Fisheries\u2019\ \ Pacific Islands Regional Office in Honolulu. She received her PhD from Oregon\ \ State University and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawai\u2018\ i at M\u0101noa. Dr. Tuttle Raz\u2019s research quantifies the effects of local\ \ stressors -- coastal pollution, invasive species, and overfishing -- on coral-reef\ \ ecosystems. This work crosses spatial and ecological scales to address different\ \ components of fish life history: from microscopic interactions between larval\ \ fish and their planktonic prey, to tracking fish population demographics on\ \ coral patch reefs, to regional and global thresholds for water quality that\ \ support fish habitat. She uses observational and manipulative experiments\ \ in the field and lab, combined with evidence synthesis (systematic review\ \ and meta-analysis), to investigate the behavioral and physiological mechanisms\ \ by which species interact with each other and their rapidly changing environments.\ \ She plans to develop graduate coursework in these areas of expertise as well\ \ as in biostatistics and marine resource management." professional_experience: - Assistant Unit Leader, Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, 2022- title: Research Ecologist