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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jennifer-a-fike
   timestamp: '2024-01-31T04:36:23.115972'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Jennifer A Fike
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Geneticist/Lab Manager
   organizations:
   - !!python/tuple
     - Fort Collins Science Center
     - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center
   email: fikej@usgs.gov
   orcid: 0000-0001-8797-7823
   intro_statements:
   - Jennifer Fike is a Geneticist and Lab Manager at the Fort Collins Science Center.
   expertise_terms:
   - Conservation Genetics
   - Environmental DNA
   - Genetics and Genomics
   - Metagenomics
   - Molecular Ecology
   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
   education:
   - M.S. in Wildlife/Fisheries Biology, Frostburg State University, 2005
   - B.S. in Biology, Furman University, 2000
   affiliations: []
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   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.