Lara Juliusson
Denver, Colorado
I am a Geographer and Ecologist with over 20 years of GIS experience focusing on applications of GIS to natural resources, avian ecology, and habitat analysis and modeling.
Education
B.A. Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1992
M.A. Geography, University of Denver, Denver, 1997
Graduate Certificate in Ornithology, Charles Sturt Univeristy, NSW, Australia, 2005
B.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008. Summa cum Laude
Employment
1992 – 1993: National Geographic/USGS (Intern/Research Assistant)
1993 – 1997: ENTRAC (Environmental Historian/GIS Specialist)
1997 – 1999: Denver Museum of Nature and Science (GIS Specialist)
1999 – 2001: Tetra Tech EM Inc. (Environmental/GIS Analyst)
2001 – 2003: City and County of Denver, Environmental Services (GIS Manager/Developer)
Summers of 2004 – 2007: Colorado Division of Wildlife, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Avian/Vegetation Surveyor)
2005 – 2009: Tri-County Health Department (GIS Coordinator)
2009 – 2013: BLM, National Operations Center, Wildlife Habitat Spatial Analysis Lab, (Team Lead/Senior GIS Analyst)
2013 - Present: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Biologist / GIS
Publications
Kent R, Juliusson L, Weissmann M, Evans S, and N Komar, Seasonal Blood-Feeding Behavior of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Weld County, CO, 2007. Journal of Medical Entomology, 46(2):380-390. 2009. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/033.046.0226
Patnaik JL, Juliusson L, Vogt RL. Environmental predictors of human West Nile virus infections, CO. Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 Nov. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375805/
Lara Juliusson, Substrate Use, Foraging Behavior, and Microhabitat Distribution: Niche Partitioning by Four Bark-Foraging Bird Species in a Ponderosa Pine Forest, Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, Independent Research Reports, 2004. https://www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/5015_juliusson_lara_substrate-1-201307091604.pdf