Overview
Position/Job Title
Director of the USDA Agricultural Research Service
Director of the USDA Agricultural Research Service
Institution/Organization
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Speaker Bio
Dr. Brandon Bestelmeyer is the director of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range and a co-PI of the Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research site at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. His research focuses on tipping points, strategies to promote resilience, and restoration in rangeland ecosystems. Research by scientists at the Jornada is integrated and used to develop new methods, web and mobile tools, and training for the management of rangeland resilience (https://jornada.nmsu.edu). Our work emphasizes collaborations with governmental and non-governmental organizations to produce and use ecological science for rangeland decision-making, including U.S. Government agencies, collaborative conservation groups (e.g. the Malpai Borderlands Group), and international government agencies.Dr. Bestelmeyer obtained an M.S. in Zoology and Ph.D in Ecology at Colorado State University and Bachelors degrees in Biological Sciences and Applied Ecology at University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Brandon Bestelmeyer is the director of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range and a co-PI of the Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research site at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. His research focuses on tipping points, strategies to promote resilience, and restoration in rangeland ecosystems. Research by scientists at the Jornada is integrated and used to develop new methods, web and mobile tools, and training for the management of rangeland resilience (https://jornada.nmsu.edu). Our work emphasizes collaborations with governmental and non-governmental organizations to produce and use ecological science for rangeland decision-making, including U.S. Government agencies, collaborative conservation groups (e.g. the Malpai Borderlands Group), and international government agencies.Dr. Bestelmeyer obtained an M.S. in Zoology and Ph.D in Ecology at Colorado State University and Bachelors degrees in Biological Sciences and Applied Ecology at University of California, Irvine.