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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2024-01-29T09:03:42.295492'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jennifer-a-fike
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - M.S. in Wildlife/Fisheries Biology, Frostburg State University, 2005
   - B.S. in Biology, Furman University, 2000
   email: fikej@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Conservation Genetics
   - Environmental DNA
   - Genetics and Genomics
   - Metagenomics
   - Molecular Ecology
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Jennifer Fike is a Geneticist and Lab Manager at the Fort Collins Science Center.
   name: Jennifer A Fike
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-8797-7823
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center
   organization_name: Fort Collins Science Center
   personal_statement: Jennifer Fike is a Geneticist at the Fort Collins Science
     Center and lab manager for the Molecular Ecology Lab (MEL). She specializes
     in all aspects of laboratory benchwork including DNA extraction, PCR, microsatellite
     development, microsatellite genotyping, Sanger sequencing, qPCR, ddRAD library
     preparation, shotgun sequencing, SNP genotyping, working with non-invasive genetic
     samples and eDNA. The data she generates is used in a wide range of genetic
     and genomic studies including species identification, sex determination, parentage
     analysis, landscape genetics/genomics and genetic mark-recapture.
   professional_experience:
   - 2009 to present, Geneticist, USGS Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins,
     CO
   - 2006-2009, Research Assistant, Wildlife Genetics Laboratory, Purdue University,
     West Lafayette, IN
   - 2003-2006, Laboratory Technician VII, Wildlife Genetics Laboratory, Purdue University,
     West Lafayette, IN
   title: Geneticist/Lab Manager