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Katriona Shea
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA)
Imperial College London (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsEcology[1]
InstitutionsCSIRO
Pennsylvania State University
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Barbara
ThesisMatrix Models in Population Ecology (1994)
Doctoral advisorMichael Hassell[2]
Websitebio.psu.edu/directory/kus3

Katriona Shea is a British-American ecologist. She is currently the endowed Alumni Chair of Biology Science at Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University.[1][3]

Education

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Shea studied physics at New College, Oxford, and graduated in 1990.[4] She joined Imperial College London where she completed a Natural Environment Research Council sponsored PhD in population ecology. Her thesis, Matrix Models in Population Ecology, was supervised by Michael Hassell.[2]

Research and career

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After completing her PhD, Shea joined University of California, Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral researcher working with Robert Nisbet and Bill Murdoch.[4] In 1996 she joined the CSIRO Cooperative Research Centre for Weed Management. She was invited to work at the Australian National University between 1996 and 1997.[4] In 1999 she returned to California, working at University of California, Santa Cruz with Marc Mangel.[5] She explored decision theory in conservation biology.[6]

In 2001 Shea was appointed Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University. She became a professor in 2011.[4] Her research uses ecological theory in population management.[7][1][8] She helps conservation efforts as well as the control of invasive diseases and pests.[9] She has worked in rainforests in Guyana and the Serengeti National Park.[9]

Shea uses a range of empirical and quantitive methods to study ecology of outbreaking species.[10][11] She worked with Matthew Ferrari on adaptive management to combine scientific understanding with policy development.[9][12][13] She has studied the way to manage populations during the Ebola outbreaks.[14][15] They used adaptive management to retrospectively study measles outbreaks.[16] She demonstrated that speedy interventions by policymakers can limit the health and cost impact of outbreaks.[9] In 2016 she was elected a fellow of the Ecological Society of America.[17] Shea has contributed to The Conversation and Science.[18][19]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Katriona Shea publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Katriona, Shea (1994). Matrix models in population ecology. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). hdl:10044/1/10133. OCLC 557321844. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.284412.
  3. ^ "Holders of Endowed Chairs". science.psu.edu. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Full CV". Katriona Shea's Lab. 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  5. ^ "Marc Mangel". users.soe.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  6. ^ "Decision theory in conservation biology: Are there rules of thumb? | NCEAS". www.nceas.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  7. ^ "Katriona Shea — Penn State University Department of Biology". bio.psu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  8. ^ "Shea, Katriona". worldcat.org. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Past Award Recipients — Eberly College of Science". science.psu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  10. ^ "Katriona Shea" (PDF). EISEverywhere. 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  11. ^ "CBER Events". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  12. ^ "Grants". The Ferrari Lab. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  13. ^ "Disease outbreaks: Could adaptive management strategies improve responses? | Science News SciGuru.org". www.sciguru.org. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  14. ^ "Conversations with Katriona Shea: Controlling Ebola outbreaks". Scientific Inquirer. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  15. ^ Penn State Eberly College of Science (2014-10-21), Adaptive management in disease control, retrieved 2018-09-11
  16. ^ Fonnesbeck, Christopher J.; Shea, Katriona; Carran, Spencer; Moraes, Jose Cassio de; Gregory, Christopher; Goodson, James L.; Ferrari, Matthew J. (2018-03-01). "Measles outbreak response decision-making under uncertainty: a retrospective analysis". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 15 (140): 20170575. doi:10.1098/rsif.2017.0575. ISSN 1742-5689. PMC 5908520. PMID 29563241.
  17. ^ "Katriona Shea Elected as Fellow of Ecological Society of America — Eberly College of Science". science.psu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  18. ^ "Katriona Shea". The Conversation. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  19. ^ Shea, Katriona (2007-03-02). "How the Wood Moves". Science. 315 (5816): 1231–1232. doi:10.1126/science.1136096. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17332401. S2CID 84581484.
  20. ^ "Katriona Shea Named AAAS Fellow | Penn State University". news.psu.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
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