Elizabeth Sellers
Elizabeth Sellers is currently serving the USGS as a Data Manager, Software Development Coordinator, and Taxonomic Data Development Specialist, with the Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program in the Core Science Systems Mission Area.
She joined the USGS in December 2003 after completing a year as a USGS Volunteer for Science for the Invasive Species science program of the Biological Resources Discipline (now Ecosystems Mission Area). She completed her B.Sc. in Tropical Botany and Geomorphology at James Cook University, Townsville campus, Australia in 1995; and completed post-graduate research in 1996 on the compensatory growth habits and ecophysiology of the non-native invasive 'woody weed' Chinee[sic] apple (Zizyphus mauritiana) for a BSc. Honors degree.
From 2020 to present she is responsible for Data Manager oversight of SAS-authored and co-authored data and software releases, and related publications; and coordinates SAS software development sprints for the Science Data Management branch.
From 2016 to present she is responsible for updating and maintaining the taxonomic nomenclature data for the bees of the world in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS - https://www.itis.gov).
From 2009-2019 she coordinated the development and data loads for the USGS Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON https://bison.usgs.gov) online species mapping application and the BISON Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT - https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt) instance for hosting species occurrence data and metadata shared with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF - https://www.gbif.org).
She currently represents the USGS on the Steering Committee of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC - https://www.pollinator.org/nappc; 2007 to present); and on the USDA Pollinator Working Group (2016 to present). She also represented the USGS on the Federal Committee of the Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) (2015-2018). In 2004 she was a founding member of the Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN).
Science and Products
U.S. Geological Survey 2021 Data Management Planning Survey Results and Analyses
United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS)
A comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States: Version 3.0
Assessing the value and usage of data management planning and data management plans within the U.S. Geological Survey
Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees
USGS enterprise tools for efficient and effective management of science data
National protocol framework for the inventory and monitoring of bees
Distribution and floral hosts of Anthophorula micheneri ( Timberlake, 1947) and Hylaeus sparsus (Cresson, 1869), (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with new staterecords in Giles and Loudoun counties, Virginia, eastern USA
I3N risk assessment and pathway analysis: Tools for the prevention of biological invasions
Invasive species information networks: Collaboration at multiple scales for prevention, early detection, and rapid response to invasive alien species
Essential elements of online information networks on invasive alien species
GBIF-US
Species observations for the United States and Territories.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
ITIS is the authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. We are a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies (ITIS-North America); other organizations; and taxonomic specialists. ITIS data is used in thousands of databases in industry, academia and government.
Science and Products
U.S. Geological Survey 2021 Data Management Planning Survey Results and Analyses
United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS)
A comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States: Version 3.0
Assessing the value and usage of data management planning and data management plans within the U.S. Geological Survey
Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees
USGS enterprise tools for efficient and effective management of science data
National protocol framework for the inventory and monitoring of bees
Distribution and floral hosts of Anthophorula micheneri ( Timberlake, 1947) and Hylaeus sparsus (Cresson, 1869), (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with new staterecords in Giles and Loudoun counties, Virginia, eastern USA
I3N risk assessment and pathway analysis: Tools for the prevention of biological invasions
Invasive species information networks: Collaboration at multiple scales for prevention, early detection, and rapid response to invasive alien species
Essential elements of online information networks on invasive alien species
GBIF-US
Species observations for the United States and Territories.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
ITIS is the authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. We are a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies (ITIS-North America); other organizations; and taxonomic specialists. ITIS data is used in thousands of databases in industry, academia and government.