USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person affiliation: [] description: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Research Ecologist with the Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject abstract: My research program focuses on the interactions among immunology, toxicology, disease ecology, and ecosystem health. additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject abstract: "I analyze the physiologic and metabolic effects of stressors on organisms\ \ and how subsequent vulnerabilities translate into population and ecosystem\ \ health. Stressors can be either chemical (pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons),\ \ physical (e.g., elevated water temperature), or biological (toxins, pathogens).\ \ My long-term goal is to better understand the effects of anthropogenic and\ \ natural stressors on individuals and how those stressors are reflected in\ \ an individual organism\u2019s fitness (survival and reproduction), the population\ \ level effects of differential survival and reproduction of individuals, and\ \ the ecosystem level effects of population change.RESEARCH INTERESTSEco-immunologyNearshore\ \ marine ecosystem healthConservation biologyEco-toxicologyIndividual and population\ \ level susceptibility" additionalType: personal statement email: lbowen@usgs.gov hasCredential: - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: "Ph.D., Ecology, University of California, Davis. 2003.\n Thesis: Immunogenetics\ \ in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus): evolution of the major\ \ histocompatibility complex under differential" - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: "Master of Science, Ecology, University of California, Davis. 1995. \n \ \ Thesis: Defenses of insular endemic plants in the absence of herbivory" - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: Bachelor of Arts, Biology. University of California, Santa Cruz. 1989. hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc roleName: Research Ecologist startDate: '2024-05-10T20:41:43.181301' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: "Assistant Project Scientist, UC Davis, 2005\u2013 2009" - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: "Ecologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 2004\u2013present" - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis, 2003-2004 - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Post Graduate Researcher, UC Davis. 1998-2003 - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Post Graduate Researcher, UC Davis, 1998 - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Research Assistant, UC Davis, 1996 identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0001-9115-4336 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q44936 jobTitle: Research Ecologist knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Eco-immunology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Nearshore marine ecosystem health - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Conservation biology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Eco-toxicology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Individual and population level susceptibility memberOf: '@type': OrganizationalRole member: '@type': Organization name: U.S. Geological Survey name: staff member startDate: '2024-05-10T20:41:43.177876' name: Lizabeth Bowen url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lizabeth-bowen