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Dr. Jake Walsh is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. Jake’s research focuses on aquatic ecology and stewardship, geared toward understanding and managing ecological communities and ecosystem services in collaboration with state, local, and tribal partners. Prior to joining FWCB, Jake worked as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Invasive Species Research & Grants Coordinator, meeting programmatic research needs with quantitative tools and research partnerships, and managing a grant program to help local managers and lake associations control invasive aquatic plants. Jake was a postdoctoral researcher with the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, where he worked to model lake vulnerability to aquatic invasive species with climate change and quantify the economic impact of invasive Eurasian watermilfoil. Jake received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology, where he studied the ecological and economic impacts of aquatic invasive species, and he received his BS in Biology from Hamline University. Jake is an active member of the regional American Indian Science and Engineering Society professional chapter, serving as chapter council representative and liaison to the student chapter.