Biography

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.

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Projects

monkey in a tree

Biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon
Through camera trap studies, community conservation programs and collaboration, Smithsonian scientists are working to minimize the impact that natural gas development has on tropical forests and wildlife.
canopy of the rainforest with clouds above

Conserving Amazonian Tropical Ecosystems
In the Peruvian Amazon of Madre de Dios, natural ecosystems provide essential services to local communities. Smithsonian scientists are partnering with stakeholders to  evaluate the region's biodiversity and devise scenarios for future sustainable development.
landscape photograph of Andean mountains and valley

From the Andes to the Pacific
Scientists are monitoring habitat and species, including the Andean cat, pencil catfish and Peruvian long-snouted bat, to help integrate biodiversity conservation into the construction and operation of a gas pipeline that stretches from the eastern Andes to the Pacific coast of Peru.
A group of researchers in the Peruvian Amazon set up a camera trap attached to a tree to capture images of animals that pass by

Monitoring Potential Impacts of Human Activity on Biodiversity in Peru
Researchers are monitoring the impacts of human activities on biodiversity in the tropical forests of northern Peru.