Item talk:Q45455

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:59:57.190298'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/sarah-j-converse
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University (2005)
   - M.S. Natural Resource Sciences, University of Nebraska (1999)
   - B.S. Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University (1996)
   email: sconverse@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - endangered species
   - wildlife population management
   - statistical analysis
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Unit Leader - Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
   name: Sarah J  Converse, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-3719-5441
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cooperative-research-units
   organization_name: Cooperative Research Units
   personal_statement: "\u200B\u200B\u200B\u200B\u200B\u200B\u200BRECENT HONORS AND\
     \ AWARDSConference Best Paper Award, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial\
     \ Intelligence, 2011Department of Interior STAR Award, for work with Outer Continental\
     \ Shelf energy development team, 2011Department of Interior STAR Award, for\
     \ work with Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, 2009Department of Interior STAR\
     \ Award, for work with Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 2009Department of\
     \ Interior STAR Award, for work with Northeast Region Fisheries Program, 2008CURRENT\
     \ TRAINING ACTIVITIESInstructor: Training for Effective Conservation Translocation\
     \ (with IUCN Reintroduction Specialist Group), workshop venuesInstructor: Integrated\
     \ Population Modeling (with Drs. Marc Kery and Michael Schaub), workshop venuesInstructor:\
     \ Introduction to Structured Decision Making, National Conservation Training\
     \ CenterASSOCIATED POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERSDr. Nathan Hostetter, Improved Design\
     \ and Analysis of Polar Bear Population Studies (2016-Present)Dr. Jonathan Cummings,\
     \ Landscape Level Population Modeling as a Decision Support Tool for the Lesser\
     \ Prairie-Chicken  (2014-Present, w/Dr. Dave Smith, USGS Leetown Science Center)Dr.\
     \ Sabrina Servanty, Population Viability of the Eastern Migratory Population\
     \ of Whooping Cranes (2009-2013, w/Dr. Larissa Bailey, Colorado State University)ASSOCIATED\
     \ STUDENTSDr. Stefano Canessa, Decision Theory for Reintroductions   (2011-2015,\
     \ w/Drs. Mick McCarthy and Kirsten Parris, University of Melbourne)Ms. Megan\
     \ Brown, Causes of Poor Fertility in Captive Whooping Crane, PhD Candidate \
     \  (2013-Present, w/Drs. Nucharin Songsasen and Carol Keefer, University of\
     \ Maryland)Ms. Megan Brown, Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the\
     \ Poor Reproduction in the Whooping Crane, M.S.   (2011-2013, w/Drs. Nucharin\
     \ Songsasen and Carol Keefer, University of Maryland)"
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Ecologist