Email: sheri.spiegal@usda.gov
Phone: 575 646 4842
USDA-ARS-Jornada Experimental Range
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER, NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Post-doctoral Animal Scientist working on sustainability science, with a focus on:
- investigations of the effects of livestock landscape use on economic and ecological outcomes;
- development of state-and-transition models on scales from ecological site to region; and
- assessments of the trade-offs of ecosystem service provision from different livestock production systems.
Professional Experience:
- 2015-present - Post-doctoral Research Animal Scientist, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM
- Spring 2015 - Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 2008-2015 - Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 2009-2010 - Student Trainee, USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service, Petaluma, CA
- 2000-2008 - Fundraiser, National Audubon Society, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Emeryville, CA
Education:
| 2015 | Ph.D. | University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management |
| 2010 | M.S. | University of California, Berkeley, Range Management |
| 2000 | B.A. | Connecticut College, Environmental Studies |
Synergistic Activities:
- Chair, Rangeland Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America
- Chair, Reclamation and Restoration Committee, Society for Range Management
- California Certified Associate Rangeland Manager, California-Pacific Section, Society for Range Management and California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection