Item talk:Q49903

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:29:33.522658'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jonathon-j-valente
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: jvalente@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - machine learning
   - wildlife management
   - spatial analysis
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Assistant Unit Leader - Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
   name: Jonathon J. Valente, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-6519-3523
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cooperative-research-units
   organization_name: Cooperative Research Units
   personal_statement: I am a research ecologist and statistician who uses advanced
     quantitative tools to answer questions at the intersection of fundamental ecology
     and applied conservation. My research aims to understand the factors impacting
     the distributions and population dynamics for individual species and whole communities,
     then use that information to identify populations of conservation concern and
     ultimately develop effective conservation and management actions.

I received
     my Bachelor's degree from Miami University in Zoology and Environmental Science.
     While there, I studied trophic interactions in freshwater systems. I attended
     Louisiana State University to pursue a MS in wildlife studying habitat use in
     secretive marsh birds. I then worked as a wildlife biologist at the U.S. Army
     Engineer Research and Development Center addressing conservation issues on DoD
     properties. Eventually I returned to graduate school at Oregon State University
     to pursue a MS in statistics and a PhD in Forest Ecosystems and Society studying
     the effects of forest fragmentation on breeding birds. I then did a postdoc
     with at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center comparing land-sparing and land-sharing
     conservation approaches around coffee farms. In my second postdoc (Oregon State),
     I worked  to better understand factors limiting the distribution of endangered
     Marbled Murrelets.
   professional_experience:
   - Assistant Unit Leader, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,
     2022-
   title: Research Wildlife Biologist