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Dr. Scott Shaffer, Principal Investigator<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Shaffer is a Professor of Ecology and Evolution in the Department of Biological Sciences at San Jose State University. \u00a0He joined the faculty in August 2009 and teaches courses in physiological ecology, general ecology, and conservation biology. \u00a0Dr. Shaffer advises graduate students in the Ecology and Evolution Masters of Sciences program area and provides research opportunities for undergraduates interested in field and lab-based experiences. \u00a0Although he was formally trained in the field of physiological ecology, Dr. Shaffer’s research interests are broadly ecological. \u00a0He and his students primarily focus on understanding the habitat use, foraging ecology, and breeding biology of seabirds in California and the tropical Pacific. \u00a0Dr. Shaffer has conducted over 40 field campaigns to sites in Antarctica, French sub-Antarctic islands, New Zealand, Alaska, Svalbard, Mexico, Northwest and main Hawaiian Islands, and many sites along the California coast. In 2022, Dr. Shaffer became a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>

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Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz (2000)<\/p>\n

M.Sc. in Marine Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz (1996)<\/p>\n

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BIOL 31 – Principles of Biology II<\/p>

BIOL 106 – Physiological Ecology<\/p>

BIOL 114 – Functional Morphology<\/p>

BIOL 156 – Ecological Sampling Design and Analyses<\/p>

BIOL 160 – Ecology<\/p>

BIOL 163 – Conservation Biology<\/p>

BIOL 220 – Science Communication<\/p>

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Contact me:<\/strong><\/p>

Dr. Scott Shaffer, Professor<\/span><\/p>

Department of Biological Sciences<\/p>

San Jose State University<\/p>

1 Washington Square<\/span><\/p>

San Jose CA 95192-0100<\/p>

Tel: +1 408 924 4871<\/p>

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Dr. Scott Shaffer, Principal Investigator Dr. Shaffer is a Professor of Ecology and Evolution in the Department of Biological Sciences at San Jose State University. \u00a0He joined the faculty in August 2009 and teaches courses in physiological ecology, general ecology, and conservation biology. \u00a0Dr. Shaffer advises graduate students in the Ecology and Evolution Masters of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":116,"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapelab.gullworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}