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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:59:20.131519'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/damian-m-menning
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D.  2014   University of South Florida, Tampa FL     Cell and Molecular Biology
   - B.S.  2006    Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston TX   Marine Biology
   email: dmenning@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Genetics
   - Environmental DNA
   - Python/Biopython scripting
   - Molecular ecology
   - Bioinformatics
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Damian Menning is a Research Geneticist at the USGS Alaska Science Center.
   name: Damian M Menning, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-3547-3062
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center
   organization_name: Alaska Science Center
   personal_statement: Damian has a multi-disciplinary background combining molecular
     ecology, stable isotopes, geochemistry, and hydrology. As a Research Geneticist
     in the Molecular Ecology Laboratory at the Alaska Science Center he has worked
     on numerous diverse projects to include microsatellites, conversion of microsatellites
     to Next Generation Sequencing, transcriptomes, and mitogenomes. His primary
     area of expertise is the utilization of environmental DNA (eDNA) and its associated
     techniques to answer a diverse array of scientific questions such as identifying
     pathogens, invasive species, diet, community structure, and microbiomes of multiple
     species. Within this skill set he excels at the design, development, and validation
     of multispecies metabarcoding markers which he produces using custom Python
     and Biopython scripts. He is always open to collaboration during all steps of
     a scientific study from initial idea to sampling strategy to data analysis and
     everything in between.
   professional_experience:
   - 2021 - Present       Research Geneticist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage,
     Alaska
   - 2015 - 2021            Geneticist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
   title: Research Geneticist