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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:54:41.999672'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/scott-j-chiavacci
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - 2016, Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois
     at Urbana-Champaign
   - 2010, M.S., Biology, Arkansas State University
   - 2007, B.S., Wildlife & Fisheries Science, The Pennsylvania State University
   email: schiavacci@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Ecology
   - Environmental markets
   - Value of Information
   - GIS
   - Database creation and management
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dr. Scott Chiavacci is an ecologist with the Science and Decisions Center.  He
     works on a range of interdisciplinary projects focused on conservation and natural
     resources management issues and strives to develop these projects around the
     needs of decision makers and stakeholders.
   name: Scott J Chiavacci, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-3579-8377
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/science-and-decisions-center
   organization_name: Science and Decisions Center
   personal_statement: Ongoing projectsMeasuring the economic impacts of chronic
     wasting disease in the U.S.Creation of a how-to guide to help practitioners
     develop quantification tools for market-based conservationEstablishing an online
     database of quantification tools used in U.S. market-based conservationAssessing
     the ecosystem services provided by freshwater musselsPrevious projectsAnalyzing
     trends among quantification tools used for market-based conservationCreation
     of a database of quantification tools used in U.S. biodiversity and habitat
     marketsEstimating the economic value of health benefits from using geologic
     data to communicate radon riskAssisting the National Geospatial Program with
     project tracking and budget scenario modeling
   professional_experience:
   - Prior to joining the USGS, Scott was a researcher with the Illinois Natural
     History Survey and University of Illinois where he studied factors impacting
     freshwater mussels of conservation concern.  He has also studied the reproductive
     ecology, behavior, and predators of early successional birds and raptors and
     emergence patterns of insects.
   title: Ecologist