Listed below are the names of USGS personnel with genetics and genomics expertise, as well as, if available, sample project pages.
Facility |
Name |
Expertise |
Research Samples |
Alaska Science Center |
Bodkin, James L.
Research Wildlife Biologist |
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Alaska Science Center |
Derksen, Dirk V.
Supervisor Wildlife Biologist |
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Alaska Science Center |
Graziano, Sara L.
Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
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Alaska Science Center |
Nielsen, Jennifer L.
Research Fisheries Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
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Alaska Science Center |
Pajot, Lisa M.
Wildlife Biologist, Graduate Student |
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Alaska Science Center |
Pearce, John M.
Research Wildlife Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics (systematics)
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Alaska Science Center |
Ramey, Andrew M.
Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
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Alaska Science Center |
Rearick, Jolene R.
Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
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Alaska Science Center |
Sage, G. Kevin
Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
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Alaska Science Center |
Sexson, Matthew
Wildlife Biologist |
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Alaska Science Center |
Talbot, Sandra L.
Research Wildlife Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics (comparative, systematics)
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Arizona Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit |
Culver, Melanie
Assistant Unit Leader of the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit |
- conservation genetics
- population genetics
- molecular systematics
- molecular ecology
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Columbia Environmental Research Center |
Richter, Catherine A.
Research Molecular Biologist |
- genomics (functional)
- other (molecular biology)
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Columbia Environmental Research Center |
Stroh, Esther D.
Ecologist |
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- taxonomy
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Columbia Environmental Research Center |
Tillitt, Donald E.
Chief of Biochemistry Branch |
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Columbia Environmental Research Center |
Wright-Osment, Maureen K.
Biologist |
- genomics (functional)
- other (molecular biology)
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Florida Integrated Science Center |
Bonde, Robert K.
Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- cellular/developmental genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
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Florida Integrated Science Center |
Griffin, Dale W.
Public Health Microbiologist |
- molecular genetics
- taxonomy
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Florida Integrated Science Center |
Hart, Kristen M.
Research Ecologist |
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Florida Integrated Science Center |
Kellogg, Christina A.
Microbiologist |
- molecular genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
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Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
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Haig, Susan M.
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
- other (pedigree analysis)
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Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center |
Miller, Mark P.
Statistician |
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Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center |
Mullins, Thomas D.
Conservation Genetics Lab Manager, Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
- other (pedigree analysis)
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Fort Collins Science Center: Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics |
John, Judith St.
Research Scientist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
- other (molecular evolution)
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Fort Collins Science Center: Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics |
Oyler-McCance, Sara J.
RMCCGS Director |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
- other (molecular evolution)
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Fort Collins Science Center: Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics |
Quinn, Tom
RMCCGS Director |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
- other (molecular evolution)
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Great Lakes Science Center |
Byappanahali, Muruleedhara
Research Microbiologist |
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Great Lakes Science Center |
Stott, Wendylee
Research Fishery Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- other (landscape genetics, data management)
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Leetown Science Center |
Blazer, Vicki S.
Fishery Biologist |
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Leetown Science Center |
Densmore, Christine
Veterinary Medical Officer |
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Leetown Science Center |
Griswold, Kitty
Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- other (landscape genetics, community genetics)
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Leetown Science Center |
Iwanowicz, Luke R.
Fishery Biologist
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Leetown Science Center |
King, Timothy L.
Fishery Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- cellular/developmental genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
- other (landscape genetics, community genetics)
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Applying Conservation Genetics to the Recovery of Freshwater Mollusks |
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Assessing Reproductively-Effective Movement (i.e., Gene Flow) of the Northern Snakehead in the Tidal Potomac River |
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Captive Breeding Management and Assessment of Augmentation Efforts with Multilocus Microsatellite DNA Genotypes in the Endangered Clubshell |
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Conservation Genetics of Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus): Marker Development, Identification of Population Genetic Structure, and Broodstock Management |
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Conservation Genetics of Brook Trout: Phylogeography, Population Structure, Captive Breeding Management, and the Adaptative Significance of Observed Differentiation |
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Conservation Genetics of the Endangered Key Largo Woodrat |
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Conservation Implications of Range Discontinuity in a Unionid Bivalve |
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Delineating Population Structure and Kinship among the Endangered Kirtland’s Warbler |
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Delineation of Evolutionarily Significant Lineages of Shortnose Sturgeon using Polysomic Microsatellite DNA Markers |
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Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Markers for Rapid, Inexpensive, and Standardized Identification of Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon Larvae |
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Estimating Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Population Density and Genetic Diversity Through Unique Multilocus Microsatellite DNA Genotypes |
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Genetic Population Structure of Atlantic Salmon: A Range-Wide Perspective from Microsatellite DNA Variation |
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Identification of Population Structure, Metapopulation Extent, and Evolutionarily Significant Lineages in the Federally Threatened Bog Turtle: Implications for Restoration |
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Identification of Population Structure, Metapopulation Extent, and Evolutionarily Significant Lineages of the Spotted Salamanders and Wood Frogs Inhabiting Vernal Pools in Six National Parks |
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Identification of the Basic Unit of Management Unit Among Jefferson Salamanders Inhabiting Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area (DEWA) |
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Identifying the Basic Unit of Management Among Collections of the Horseshoe Crab |
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Molecular Techniques for the Control and Eradication of Invasive Species |
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Multilocus Microsatellite DNA Genotypes as a Tool for Determining the Continent-of-Origin of Atlantic salmon Collected in the West Greenland Mixed-Fishery |
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Utilizing Multilocus Genotypes to Reveal Population Connectivity (and Subterranean Water Flow) Among Collections of the Madison Cave Isopod |
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Leetown Science Center |
Letcher, Benjamin H.
Research Ecologist |
- statistical/computational genetics
- other (landscape genetics, community genetics)
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Leetown Science Center |
Lubinski, Barbara A.
Biologist |
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Leetown Science Center |
Morrison, Cheryl
Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- cellular/developmental genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
- other (landscape genetics, community genetics)
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Leetown Science Center |
Robertson, Laura S.
Research Geneticist |
- cellular/developmental genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- genomics
- other (landscape genetics, community genetics)
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Leetown Science Center |
Schill, William Bane
Research Chemist |
- molecular genetics
- cellular/developmental genetics
- genomics
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Leetown Science Center |
Starliper, Clifford E.
Microbiologist |
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Leetown Science Center |
Switzer, John F. |
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Leetown Science Center |
Van Manen, Frank
Ecologist |
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
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Leetown Science Center |
Young, John A.
Biologist |
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National Wetlands Research Center |
Carter, Jacoby
Research Ecologist |
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National Wetlands Research Center |
Jenkins, Jill A.
Microbiologist |
- other (flow cytometry, cell and molecular biology, andrology, comparative immunology)
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Blehert, David S.
Diagnostic Microbiologist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Cole, Rebecca
Diagnostic Parasitologist |
- population/quantitative genetics
- taxonomy
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Docherty, Douglas
Diagnostic Virologist, Emeritus |
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Hansen, Wallace
Research Virologist, Emeritus |
- molecular genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Heisey, Dennis
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Researcher |
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Hofemeister, Erik
Veterinary Medical Officer |
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Ip, Hon S.
Diagnostic Virologist |
- molecular genetics
- genomics
- taxonomy
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National Wildlife Health Center |
Rocke, Tonie E.
Research Epizootiologist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
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Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
Cross, Paul C.
Disease Ecologist |
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Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
Gogan, Peter J.
Wildlife Research Biologist |
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Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
Kendall, Katherine C.
Wildlife Biologist |
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Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
Muhlfeld, Clint C.
Research Aquatic Ecologist
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Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
Schwartz, Charles C.
Research Wildlife Biologist |
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Oregon Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit |
Schreck, Carl B.
Unit Leader, Research Fish Biologist |
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Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center |
Banko, Paul C.
Wildife Biologist
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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
Chesser, R. Terry
Research Zoologist |
- taxonomy
- other (biodiversity and conservation, molecular systematics, phylogeography)
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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
Karouna-Renier, Natalie K.
Research Ecologist |
- molecular genetics
- other (ecotoxicogenomics, molecular biomarkers)
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Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit |
Patino, Reynaldo
Unit Leader |
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Bowen, Lizabeth
Ecologist |
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- Gene Regulation in Response to Xenobiotic Exposure and Immunological Stress in Marine Vertebrates
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Fisher, Robert N.
Biologist |
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Hill, Nichola J. |
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Lafferty, Kevin D.
Research Ecologist |
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Miles, A. Keith
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist |
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Takekawa, John Y.
Research Wildlife Biologist |
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Vandergast, Amy G.
Geneticist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- systematics
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Wellik, Mike J.
Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- systematics
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Western Ecological Research Center |
Wood, Dustin A.
Biologist |
- molecular genetics
- population/quantitative genetics
- statistical/computational genetics
- systematics
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Western Fisheries Research Center |
Emmenegger, Eveline J.
Research Microbiologist |
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Western Fisheries Research Center |
Kurath, Gael
Microbiologist |
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Western Fisheries Research Center |
Ostberg, Carl O.
Fishery Biologist |
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Western Fisheries Research Center |
Rodriguez, Russell J.
Microbiologist |
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Western Fisheries Research Center |
Winton, James R. |
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Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit |
Sloss, Brian L.
Assistant Unit Leader, Geneticist |
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Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit |
Samuel, Michael D.
Assistant Unit Leader |
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