Item talk:Q44771

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:37:30.295889'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jayne-belnap
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - B.A. Biology, U California, Santa Cruz 1980
   - B.A. Natural History, U California, Santa Cruz 1980
   - M.S. Ecology, Stanford University 1983
   - Ph.D. Botany, Brigham Young University 1991
   email: jayne_belnap@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - desert ecosystems
   - grassland ecosystems
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - "Over the past 30 years, Dr. Belnap\u2019s work has focused on dryland and rangeland\
     \ ecosystems. Because many types of land uses can reduce the fertility and stability\
     \ of these ecosystems, her research focus on how these lands can be managed\
     \ sustainably. Specifically, her work highlights the central role biological\
     \ soil crusts play in dryland ecosystems."
   name: Jayne Belnap, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-7471-2279
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/southwest-biological-science-center
   organization_name: Southwest Biological Science Center
   personal_statement: She has also been actively engaged in studies on how climate
     change will affect drylands ecosystems and in developing adaptation options
     for people using and managing these lands. Dr. Belnap has been involved in many
     creative, successful, and cost-effective restoration efforts aimed at reducing
     soil erosion and restoring plant productivity using local materials and labor.
     Her research efforts have been conducted around the world, including Iceland,
     Australia, China, Mongolia, Antarctica, the western U.S., Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia,
     Zimbabwe, and South Africa. She has led many large interdisciplinary teams and
     excels at bringing people together, having published over 260 peer-reviewed
     articles and has had over 300 collaborators during her career. She travels extensively
     throughout the world, training federal, state, and private land managers/pastoralists
     on best management practices for dryland ecosystems. She has served on National
     Academy panels and participates in many other professional capacities as well.  In
     2008, she was recognized by the ESA as one of the most outstanding ecologists
     in the United States. In 2010 and 2013, she received awards as one of the outstanding
     women in science award from the US Department of Interior. In 2015, she was
     elected a Fellow of ESA.Membership/Participation in Professional SocietiesAmerican
     Bryological and Lichenological SocietyAmerican Institute for Biological SciencesEcological
     Society of America (past Chair, Soil Ecology Section)Ecological Society of America
     Governing BoardSoil Ecology Society (past President)Soil Science Society of
     America
   professional_experience:
   - 'NSF Fellow, Assistant, Stanford University                  '
   - 'Research Associate, Brigham Young University                  '
   - Research Biologist, USDI, Moab, Utah
   title: Research Ecologist