Judsen Bruzgul
Biochemistry graduate from Middlebury College with PhD from Stanford University. Currently working as Postdoctoral Fellow at Woods Institute for the Environment and Stanford University and as Consultant at Sun Ranch Institute.
| Headline: | Scientist |
| Skills: | C/C++, English, HTML / CSS, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Python, Spanish, Web Development |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Middlebury College, Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Sun Ranch Institute |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Assisting in development of SRI climate change science program
• Expanding SRI’s ecosystem services mapping capacity |
| Employer: | Woods Institute for the Environment & Stanford University |
| Position: | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Time period: | December 2006 - Present |
| Description: | • Conducting interdisciplinary research on the impacts of climate change on the natural world.
• Producing scientific report for California Energy Commission. |
| Employer: | Various |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Description: | • Volunteer, Tetons for Tomorrow 2007-2008
• Assistant Coordinator, Young Environmental Scholars Conference 2007 • Assistant Coordinator, Whole Earth Systems Conference 2005 • Volunteer Assistant, Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium 2005 • Volunteer, Graduate Student Admissions Committee winter 2003, 2004 • Volunteer Intern, Wildlands Project 2001-2002 |
| Employer: | American Institute of Biological Sciences |
| Position: | Public Policy Fellow |
| Time period: | December 2004 - November 2005 |
| Description: | • Communicated issues related to national science policy to members of congress,
congressional staffers, member scientists, and various science policy coalition members. • Regularly attended congressional hearing on climate change, Endangered Species Act. |
| Employer: | scienceinpolicy.org |
| Position: | Co-founder & Policy Analyst |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2005 |
| Description: | • Provided analysis for environmental issues, especially freshwater policy in the US, and assisted in outreach activities to raise awareness of the mistreatment of science in policymaking.
• Generated statement against misuse of science in environmental policymaking that was signed by more than 1500 professional scientists. |
| Employer: | Stanford University |
| Position: | Teaching Assistant |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2004 |
| Description: | • Led regular discussions and occasional lecture in Global Change Biology undergraduate
course and Biogeography graduate seminar. |
| Employer: | University of Colorado-Boulder |
| Position: | Professional Research Assistant |
| Time period: | December 1999 - November 2002 |
| Description: | • Coordinated research of seven lab members and conducted collaborative research on the
role of a pathogenic fungus in massive die-offs of various amphibian species worldwide. • Produced three publications in peer-reviewed journals. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Ecology and Evolution, PhD |
| University: | Middlebury College |
| Time period: | 1994 - 1998 |
| Degree: | Biochemistry, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | Bruzgul, J.E. and Root, T.L. in review Rapid Global Warming and Breeding in Migratory Birds: Utilizing an Undervalued Historical Database.
Felton A., Fischer, J., Lindenmayer, D.B., Wood, J., Montague-Drake, R., Lowe, A. R., Saunders, D., Felton, A.M., Steffen, W., Bond, S.J., Bruzgul, J.E., Elliot, C.P., Fazey, I., Foran, B., Gibbons, P., Gillen, J., Heath, L., Macdonald, B.C.T., Munro, N.T., Porfirio, L.L., Stein, J.A., Stein, J.L., Westgate, M., Worthy, M., & Youngentob, K. in review Climate change: The need to refocus our conservation research Bruzgul, J.E. and Hadly, E.A. 2007 Non-random Patterns in the Yellowstone Ecosystem: inferences from mammalian body size, order, and biogeographic affinity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2:139-148. Carey, C., Bruzgul, J. E., Livo, L. J., et al. 2006 Experimental Exposures of Boreal Toads (Bufo Boreas) to a Pathogenic Chytrid Fungus. EcoHealth 3:1 Bruzgul, J.E., 2006 Maintaining the Foundations of Science. Science 313: 297-298. Bruzgul, J.E., Long, W., and Hadly, E.A. 2005 A Temporal Record of the Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) through 3,000 Years of Climatic Variation. BMC Ecology, 5:7 Bruzgul, J. E. and Hadly, E. A. 2006 Oral Presentation Assembly of the Yellowstone Species Pool and Implications for Regional Conservation Planning. 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology Bruzgul, J.E., 2004 The White House and Science. The New York Times, April 6. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Ski Mountaineer, Photographer |
| Awards: | • Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies Graduate Fellowship 2002-2007
• American Society of Mammalogists- American Institute of Biological Sciences Public Policy Fellowship 2005 • National Merit Scholarship Award Winner 1995-1998 |
