PATRICK SHIREY

PATRICK SHIREY is a Postdoctoral Associate working on bituminous coal mine subsidence impacts.  He  holds a PhD in biological sciences from the University of Notre Dame, a law degree with a certificate in environmental and natural resources law from The Dickinson School of Law at The Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in wildlife science from New Mexico State University, and a bachelor’s degree in wildlife and fisheries science from The Pennsylvania State University.  Patrick also studied internationally at University College Cork, Ireland.  He is a certified ecologist (Ecological Society of America) and certified fisheries professional (American Fisheries Society).  Patrick has published 13 peer-reviewed manuscripts including comments in Nature magazine, and articles in Conservation Letters, Ecology and Society, Ecohydrology, the Journal of Paleolimnology, and Fisheries magazine.  His topics include urban stream restoration, endangered species conservation policy, environmental DNA (eDNA), and science communication.  He has also appeared as a radio guest on NPR’s All Things Considered and other media.  Patrick served as the first policy fellow for the American Fisheries Society where he updated their policy statements on threatened and endangered species.  Patrick has won national research and policy awards including a George Melendez Wright Climate Change Research Fellowship from the National Park Service, and was selected to participate in an National Science Foundation-funded symposium hosted by the University of Hawaii in 2014.  He received an Emerging Leaders Mentorship Award from the American Fisheries Society.  Patrick currently serves as chair of the AFS Resource Policy Committee.  In addition to his academic research, Patrick provides scientific and environmental policy advice through his consulting business, Ecology Policy LLC.  He can be reached at PA@NativeFishCoalition.org