Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Jennifer Malpass, Ph.D.
Dr. Jennifer Malpass is the manager of the Partner and Employee Engagement Team at the U.S. Geological Survey's Eastern Ecological Science Center.
Dr. Malpass became part of the Partner and Employee Engagement Team when it was formed in 2021 after the combine of Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge and Leetown Science Center into the Eastern Ecological Science Center (EESC) and became the permanent manager of the team in 2024. The Partner and Employee Engagement Team is a novel and innovative team established by EESC's Center Director to help the center increase engagement, reach and impact of our science capabilities and products.
Goals for EESC's Partner and Employee Engagement Team’s include:
-Raise awareness of EESC research and expertise to USGS internal partners, external partners, and community/public through coordination and communication.
-Facilitate relationships and communications with strategic partners to identify opportunities to improve alignment of appropriated funding and increase reimbursable funding.
-Promote employee engagement within EESC to cultivate a collaborative workplace that embraces growth, innovation, and success.
Most of Dr. Malpass's professional work has focused on birds, urbanization, science communication, and community (citizen) science. She collaborated on multiple U.S. and international wildlife projects before joining the USGS in 2017. During her tenure at the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Eastern Ecological Science Center (2017-2020), she helped manage over 80 million records of banded and encountered birds; led collaborations with external organizations including non-governmental organizations, academia, agencies; and connected people to wildlife using nature’s greatest ambassadors: birds.
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Preparing for pelican banding.
Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Bird in mist net at Patuxent Research Refuge
Gotcha! A ruby-crowned kinglet waits to be extracted from a mist net at the Bird Banding Lab's fall migration banding station. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Gotcha! A ruby-crowned kinglet waits to be extracted from a mist net at the Bird Banding Lab's fall migration banding station. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
USGS and USFWS biologists survey terns at Poplar Island, MD
At Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay, MD, Peter McGowan (USFWS, left) and Diann Prosser (USGS, right) capture fledgling common terns to read plastic colored leg bands that identify individual birds. Here interagency collaboration leads to benefits for wildlife and people.
At Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay, MD, Peter McGowan (USFWS, left) and Diann Prosser (USGS, right) capture fledgling common terns to read plastic colored leg bands that identify individual birds. Here interagency collaboration leads to benefits for wildlife and people.
BBL banding at Patuxent Research Refuge
Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Great blue heron at Snowden pond
Great Blue Heron at Snowden Pond, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD. Patuxent Research Refuge is the only National Wildlife Refuge established explicitly for research purposes, and is home to both USFWS and USGS programs, including the Bird Banding Lab.
Great Blue Heron at Snowden Pond, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD. Patuxent Research Refuge is the only National Wildlife Refuge established explicitly for research purposes, and is home to both USFWS and USGS programs, including the Bird Banding Lab.
Cerulean Warbler in shrub
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) in a shrub, partially obscured by branches.
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) in a shrub, partially obscured by branches.
Cerulean Warbler perched on branch
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) perched on a single branch in Frank Brenneman Road, Garrett County, Maryland
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) perched on a single branch in Frank Brenneman Road, Garrett County, Maryland
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Preparing for pelican banding.
Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Bird in mist net at Patuxent Research Refuge
Gotcha! A ruby-crowned kinglet waits to be extracted from a mist net at the Bird Banding Lab's fall migration banding station. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Gotcha! A ruby-crowned kinglet waits to be extracted from a mist net at the Bird Banding Lab's fall migration banding station. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
USGS and USFWS biologists survey terns at Poplar Island, MD
At Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay, MD, Peter McGowan (USFWS, left) and Diann Prosser (USGS, right) capture fledgling common terns to read plastic colored leg bands that identify individual birds. Here interagency collaboration leads to benefits for wildlife and people.
At Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay, MD, Peter McGowan (USFWS, left) and Diann Prosser (USGS, right) capture fledgling common terns to read plastic colored leg bands that identify individual birds. Here interagency collaboration leads to benefits for wildlife and people.
BBL banding at Patuxent Research Refuge
Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Great blue heron at Snowden pond
Great Blue Heron at Snowden Pond, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD. Patuxent Research Refuge is the only National Wildlife Refuge established explicitly for research purposes, and is home to both USFWS and USGS programs, including the Bird Banding Lab.
Great Blue Heron at Snowden Pond, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD. Patuxent Research Refuge is the only National Wildlife Refuge established explicitly for research purposes, and is home to both USFWS and USGS programs, including the Bird Banding Lab.
Cerulean Warbler in shrub
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) in a shrub, partially obscured by branches.
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) in a shrub, partially obscured by branches.
Cerulean Warbler perched on branch
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) perched on a single branch in Frank Brenneman Road, Garrett County, Maryland
A cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) perched on a single branch in Frank Brenneman Road, Garrett County, Maryland
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