Item talk:Q47151

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:48:36.622145'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jon-keeley
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. (Botany) University of Georgia, Athens, 1977
   - M.S.  (Biology) San Diego State University, 1973
   - B.S.  (Biology) San Diego State University, 1971
   email: jon_keeley@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - fire ecology
   - chaparral ecology
   - forest ecology
   - grassland ecology
   - vernal pool ecology
   - coastal sage ecology
   - global change ecology
   - plant ecology
   - community ecology
   - conservation biology
   - restoration ecology
   - invasive species
   - evolution
   - biogeography
   - population biology
   honors:
   - Fellow, Ecological Society of America, 2014
   - Distinguished MEDECOS Fellow, 2011
   - USGS Performance Award, 2011
   - USGS Star Award, 2008
   - Honorary Lifetime Member, California Botanical Society, 1998
   - Fellow, Southern California Academy of Sciences,  l994
   - "Guggenheim Fellow,  l985\u2013l986"
   - Sterling Award for Outstanding Teaching,  l985
   intro_statements:
   - Dr. Keeley is currently a research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey,
     stationed at Sequoia National Park.
   name: Jon Keeley
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-4564-6521
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
   organization_name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
   personal_statement: Prior to this appointment, he served one year in Washington,
     D.C. as director of the ecology program for the National Science Foundation.
     He was professor of biology at Occidental College for 20 years and spent a sabbatical
     year at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has more than 350 publications
     in national and international scientific journals and books. His research has
     focused on ecological impacts of wildfires as well as other aspects of plant
     ecology, including rare plants, rare habitats such as vernal pools, and plant
     physiology. In 1985 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a Fellow of
     the Ecological Society of America and an Honorary Lifetime Member of the California
     Botanical Society. He has served on the Los Angeles County Department of Regional
     Planning Environmental Review Board, and the State of California Natural Communities
     Conservation Program (NCCP) Board of Scientific Advisors.
   professional_experience:
   - U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Research Scientist
   - "(ST Scientist), 2015\u2013present"
   - "(GS series 0408), 1998\u2013present"
   - University of California, Los Angeles, Adjunct Full Professor, 2001-present
   - "Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Research Associate, 1997\u2013present"
   - "National Science Foundation, Program Director 1997\u20131998"
   - Occidental College,
   - "Professor  1988\u20131998"
   - "Department Chair  1982\u20131988"
   - "Assist/Assoc Professor  1977\u20131988"
   - University of Cape Town, Visiting Professor  1990
   title: Senior Scientist, ST