Bonnie Myers, Ph.D.

Bonnie serves as a biologist for the National CASC working on a number of projects researching climate adaptation and the effects of extreme events on freshwater biodiversity nationally and globally. She also serves as a science advisor for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Convention on Biological Diversity as well as mentors multiple fellows working on biodiversity assessments and incorporating diverse knowledge into fisheries management. 

Bonnie received her PhD from North Carolina State University in the Department of Applied Ecology. Her research focused on the coupled effects of extreme events and invasive species on freshwater biodiversity in Puerto Rico. She also assessed the use and importance of river and estuarine ecosystem services to local communities and quantified the benefits to fishers and non-fishers. She received her M.S. in Fish Conservation from Virginia Tech on the effects of climate change on fish production and diversity in the Appalachian Mountains and her B.S. from the University of Wyoming where she studied the effects of river otter habitat use on plant diversity in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Prior to her current role at USGS, Bonnie worked at the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Bonn, Germany, was a fish biologist for the USGS NCASC, and worked at NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.