Education
M.S. Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2023
B.S. Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2021
M.S. Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2023
B.S. Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2021
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Publications
Soranno, P.A., Webster, K.E., Smith, N.J., Díaz Vázquez, J. and Cheruvelil, K.S. (2020), What Is in a “Lake” Name? That Which We Call a Lake by Any Other Name. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 29: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10355
McCullough, I.M., King, K. B. S., Stachelek, J., Diaz, J., Soranno, P. A. and K. S. Cheruvelil. (2019). Applying the patch-matrix model to lakes: a connectivity-based conservation framework. Landscape Ecology, 34(11): 2703-2718. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00915-7.
Data Products
Díaz Vázquez, Jessica*, McCullough, Ian M., Haite, Maggie, Soranno, Patricia A., & Spence Cheruvelil, Kendra. (2022). LAGOS-US Race and
Ethnicity: Dataset classifying conterminous US lake communities based on racial and ethnic demographic data (v 1.0) (1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5847270
Stachelek, J., L.K. Rodriguez, J. Díaz Vázquez, A. Hawkins, E. Phillips, A. Shoffner, I.M. McCullough, K.B. King, J. Namovich, L.A. Egedy, M. Haite, P.J. Hanly, K.E. Webster, K.S. Cheruvelil, and P.A. Soranno. 2021. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Data module of observed maximum and mean lake depths for a subset of lakes in the conterminous U.S. ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f.
Polus, S.M., L.K. Rodriguez, Q. Wang, J. Díaz Vázquez, K.E. Webster, P. Tan, J. Zhou, L. Danila, P.J. Hanly, P.A. Soranno, and K.S. Cheruvelil. 2021. LAGOS-US RESERVOIR: Data module classifying conterminous U.S. lakes 4 hectares and larger as natural lakes or reservoirs. Environmental Data Initiative ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/c850e645d79bb239e1dfeadd0af6b631
Presentations
Díaz, J., Haite, M. “Comparing trends in monitoring of lake water quality in racial/ethnic communities”. University Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum 2020. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 2021. (Virtual)
Díaz, J., “Environmental Justice: Linking Lakes and Human Demographics”. University Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum 2020. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Díaz, J., “Impact of Fire Management on the Kaibab Plateau Vegetation Community”. University Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum 2019. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 2020.
Díaz, J., "Fire Presence on the Kaibab Plateau After Decades of Suppression". Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Poster Session. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, August 2018.
Awards
MSU CANR STEM-FEE Scholars Program, Aug. 2020 – April 2021
Doris Duke Conservation Scholar at Northern Arizona University, June 2018 – Jan. 2020
MSU College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Program, Aug. - Dec. 2019
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar, April 2019
Michigan State University Dean’s List, All Semesters
MSU Gary L. Seevers Scholarship Recipient, Aug. 2017 – Present
ACT College and Career Readiness National Semi-Finalist Student Exemplar, March 2017