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Academic and Professional Background

Alisha D. Davidson, Ph.D.

Motivated and highly organized professional with 16 years of experience managing environmental and water quality related projects, in a community and academic setting. Ability to obtain grant funding, prepare budgets and project timelines, and liaise well with diverse stakeholders. Enthusiastic about presentation, communication and leadership roles. Adept at quickly identifying and understanding client needs.

2015-current

Contractor, Wayne State University, The Nature Conservancy, Great Lakes Commission

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  • Complete risk assessments for Great Lakes aquatic invasive species (AIS)

  • Prepare surveillance list of AIS for state and regional use

  • Prioritize and define management goals for established AIS

2014-2019

Michigan Lake and Stream Association, Research and Development Coordinator

  • Develop invasive plant management guide

  • Identify new membership potential

  • Develop inland lake best management practices guide

  • Develop grant program for inland lake ecology graduate work

2012-2015

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative project co-investigator and Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER) post-doctorate fellow

  • Developed and submitted successful project and budget proposal within the first two months of working in the Great Lakes area

  • Met rigorous Environmental Protection Agency reporting requirements

  • Accountable for meeting project deadlines

  • Leads and facilitates work by the project team

  • Two-way communication with project advisory board

2006-2008

Coordinator, West Coast Ballast Outreach Project

  • Worked with commercial shipping companies to facilitate uptake of best management practices for ballast water transfer and treatment

Current Projects and Resume: Resume

Selected publications

Davidson, A.D., Tucker, A.J., Chadderton, W.L., Jensen, E., Weibert, C. and Death, R. (2021) Assessing progress in regulation of aquatic nonindigenous species across the multijurisdictional waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes, with emphasis on the live trade pathways. Management of Biological Invasions 12(3): 546-577.

Davidson, A., A. Fusaro, and D. Kashian (2015). Using a novel spatial tool to inform invasive species early detection and rapid response efforts. Environmental Management 56(1):54-65

Davidson, A. D., C. L. Hewitt, and D. Kashian (2016) Understanding Acceptable Level of Risk: incorporating the economic cost of under-managing invasive species. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0141958. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141958

Davidson AD, A.J. Fusaro, R.A. Sturtevant,  E.S. Rutherford, D.R. Kashian (2017) Development of a risk assessment framework to predict invasive species establishment for multiple taxonomic groups and vectors of introduction. Management of Biological Invasions 8: 25–36, https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2017.8.1.03

Tucker, A.J., W.L. Chadderton, G. Annis, A.D. Davidson, J. Hoffman, J.Bossenbroek, S. Hensler, M. Hoff, E. Jensen, D. Kashian, T. Strakosh and S. LeSage (2020). A framework for aquatic invasive species surveillance site selection and prioritization in the US waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Management of Biological Invasions, 11(3), 607-632.

Davidson, A.D., A.J. Tucker, W.L. Chadderton and C. Weibert (2021). Development of a surveillance species list to inform aquatic invasive species management in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Management of Biological Invasions 12(2): 272-293.

Current Projects and Resume: Projects
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