Dr. Jessica L. Deichmann is a researcher with the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's Center for Conservation and Sustainability and the Working Land and Seascapes initiative. Her work addresses questions of species and ecosystem resilience in the face of anthropogenic change, with the goal of fostering healthy and productive landscapes and seascapes for the benefit of nature and people. Her research is aimed at quantifying the impacts of energy and infrastructure development and extractive industries on biodiversity and ecosystem function, and developing strategies to mitigate these impacts.

Interests include sustainable development, tropical ecology and biodiversity, conservation and applied science, ecoacoustics and soundscapes, biodiversity monitoring, amphibian biology, and best practices for infrastructure development.