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General Biologist

Claire Paisley-Jones, MS


Ms. Claire Paisley-Jones is a General Biologist (Risk Assessor & Risk Management Analyst) in the Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP).

She focuses primarily on pesticide use and usage data analysis in support of human health and ecological risk assessments (including Biological Evaluations and Biological Opinions for endangered species consultation). Ms. Paisley-Jones previously worked as a biologist in the Biological and Economic Analysis Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs from 2013 to 2022, where she gained extensive experience in pesticide usage/benefits analysis, label review, and risk assessment methodology development. Ms. Paisley-Jones earned her M.S. in Environmental Science (with a focus in Agricultural Ecosystems Management) from the Ohio State University, where she was a National Science Foundation GK-12 Teaching Fellow. She earned her B.A in Biology from the College of Wooster.

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