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meta: url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/terry-chesser timestamp: '2024-01-30T10:26:38.064544' status_code: 200 profile: name: Terry Chesser, Ph.D. name_qualifier: null titles: - Research Zoologist organizations: - !!python/tuple - Eastern Ecological Science Center - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc email: tchesser@usgs.gov orcid: 0000-0003-4389-7092 intro_statements: - Terry is a Research Zoologist at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in Laurel, MD. expertise_terms: - Avian Biology - Biodiversity - Conservation Genetics - Endangered and Threatened Species - Genetics and Genomics - Molecular Ecology - Species of Management Concern professional_experience: - 'Research Zoologist, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD: 2005-present' - 'Curator of Birds and Adjunct Scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: 2005-2018' - 'Director (Curator-in-Charge), Australian National Wildlife Collection, Canberra, Australia: 2000-2005' - 'Curatorial Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY: 1999-2000' - 'Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: 1997-1999' - 'Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY: 1995-1997' education: - Ph.D., 1995, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge affiliations: - Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC honors: [] abstracts: [] personal_statement: "Having previously held positions with the American Museum\ \ of Natural History (New York) and the Australian National Wildlife Collection\ \ (Canberra), as well as an adjunct position with the US National Museum of\ \ Natural History (Smithsonian). Terry's research focuses on the systematics,\ \ diversity, conservation, and management of birds.He uses genetic and genomic\ \ techniques to study the systematics, diversity, conservation, and management\ \ of birds. His contributions to avian taxonomy and conservation also include\ \ chairmanship of the AOS Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (North\ \ America), which provides a standardized avian taxonomy for use by public agencies\ \ and private individuals and organizations.Current projects include studies\ \ of:genomic variation in Bewick\u2019s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) and Hutton\u2019\ s Vireo (Vireo huttoni) on the Channel Islands, as part of a larger project\ \ informing management of Channel Islands National Park and private lands on\ \ multiple scientific issuesgenomic variation in the Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi)\ \ and Akekee (Loxops caeruleirostris), two critically endangered birds endemic\ \ to Kauai, so that genetically diverse, viable captive breeding programs can\ \ be establishedpopulation structure and migration ecology of two Pacific populations\ \ of the endangered Red Knot (Calidris canutus), as well as population structure\ \ more broadly in the Americasgenetics of Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Sanderling\ \ (Calidris alba), and Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) at Delaware Bay,\ \ three species reliant on migration stopovers theregenomics of US and Caribbean\ \ populations of the endangered Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), to assess current\ \ and past gene flow between these populationsphylogenetic relationships and\ \ species status of Procellariiformes seabirds, which include the albatrosses,\ \ petrels, and shearwaters, many of which are endangered or otherwise of conservation\ \ interestgenetic variation and phylogeography of selected seabirds (non-Procellariiformes)\ \ breeding in the Caribbean and Pacific regions, to determine the conservation\ \ status of geographically isolated populations and understand factors promoting\ \ genetic isolation in marine environmentsphylogenetic relationships among all\ \ species of birds (the OpenWings project), to provide the foundation for future\ \ classification and ecological and evolutionary comparative research on birdsa\ \ comprehensive revision of the subspecific taxonomy of the birds of North America,\ \ for use by policy makers and wildlife managers as well as by scientists and\ \ NGOsthe systematics, biogeography, and evolution of hyper-diverse suboscine\ \ birds, to understand the systematics and taxonomy of the group and the processes\ \ that contributed to its radiation in the Americascomparative genetic, vocal,\ \ and morphological variation in Neotropical antbirds, to understand patterns\ \ of speciation and determine species diversity in cryptic groups of birdseffect\ \ of anthropogenic noise on"