Item talk:Q54481

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:26:43.361000'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jay-diffendorfer
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - University of Kansas, Ph.D., (Ecology), 1995
   - Ohio University, BS, (Wildlife Biology), 1989
   email: jediffendorfer@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - geospatial analysis
   - biodiversity
   - ecological competition
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem diversity
   - ecosystem functions
   - ecosystems
   - environmental assessment
   - habitat alteration
   - habitats
   - shrubland ecosystems
   - human impacts
   - land use and land cover
   - land use change
   - spatial analysis
   - natural resource management
   - animals
   - capturing (animals)
   - endangered species
   - invasive species
   - species diversity
   - vegetation
   - vertebrates
   - wildlife
   - wildlife population management
   - field methods
   - mathematical modeling
   - mathematical simulation
   - statistical analysis
   - climate change
   - effects of climate change
   - fires
   - energy resources
   - maps and atlases
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - I'm an applied ecologist working at the Geosciences and Environmental Change
     Science Center.
   name: Jay Diffendorfer
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-1093-6948
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geosciences-and-environmental-change-science-center
   organization_name: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
   personal_statement: Trained as an ecologist, I originally worked on spatial ecology
     and conservation biology, including a USGS-funded post doc at University of
     Miami modelling reptile and amphibian responses to possible restoration scenarios
     in the Everglades.  I then worked as an assistant and full professor at San
     Diego State University, studying relationships between urbanization, fire, and
     invasive species on a native flora and fauna in southern California. This field-oriented
     research involved radiotelemetry, capture-recapture, and vegetation studies.  I
     left San Diego State University and spent 4 years at the Illinois Natural History
     Survey where my research began to expand into disease ecology and agro-ecosystems.  Since
     arriving at USGS in 2008, I have continued to expand my research focus and currently
     work on science related to the energy-environment nexus, ecosystem services,
     and applied ecology.
   professional_experience:
   - 2014-            Research Scientist and Supervisor, Geosciences and Environmental
     Change Science Center, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado
   - 2008-2014    Research Scientist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science
     Center, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado
   - 2004-2008    Associate Scientist, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign,
     Illinois
   - 1998-2004    Assistant/Associate Professor, San Diego State University, San
     Diego, California
   - 1995-1998    Postdoctoral research with USGS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
   title: Research Ecologist