Item talk:Q159705

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:15:37.552707'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lillian-t-raz
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - PhD, Oregon State University, 2010
   - BS, Centre College, 2004
   email: ltuttleraz@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - statistics and modelling
   - disease
   - fisheries management
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Assistant Unit Leader - Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
   name: Lillian T. Raz, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-5009-8080
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cooperative-research-units
   organization_name: Cooperative Research Units
   personal_statement: "Dr. Tuttle Raz is currently the Assistant Unit Leader of\
     \ the Hawai\u2018i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit. Prior to joining the Hawai\u2018\
     i Unit, Dr. Tuttle Raz was an Essential Fish Habitat Biologist at NOAA Fisheries\u2019\
     \ Pacific Islands Regional Office in Honolulu. She received her PhD from Oregon\
     \ State University and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawai\u2018\
     i at M\u0101noa. Dr. Tuttle Raz\u2019s research quantifies the effects of local\
     \ stressors -- coastal pollution, invasive species, and overfishing -- on coral-reef\
     \ ecosystems. This work crosses spatial and ecological scales to address different\
     \ components of fish life history: from microscopic interactions between larval\
     \ fish and their planktonic prey, to tracking fish population demographics on\
     \ coral patch reefs, to regional and global thresholds for water quality that\
     \ support fish habitat. She uses observational and manipulative experiments\
     \ in the field and lab, combined with evidence synthesis (systematic review\
     \ and meta-analysis), to investigate the behavioral and physiological mechanisms\
     \ by which species interact with each other and their rapidly changing environments.\
     \ She plans to develop graduate coursework in these areas of expertise as well\
     \ as in biostatistics and marine resource management."
   professional_experience:
   - Assistant Unit Leader, Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, 2022-
   title: Research Ecologist