Big data and machine learning for
understanding responses of wildlife
to anthropogenic climate change

I’m a quantitative ecologist, climate change ecologist and research associate at Yale University’s Center for Biodiversity and Global Change.

About me
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My question:
How is climate change impacting wildlife distributions, movement, behavior, and biodiversity patterns across regions, seasons and species?

Research

I’ve published 35 peer-reviewed papers in research journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Climate Change, Global Change Biology & Ecology Letters.

Publications
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I’ve led introductory, upper-level and graduate courses, and mentored 15 graduate and undergraduate students.

Teaching, Mentoring and Outreach
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My research has been covered by Reuters, NASA Earth, National Geographic, NPR, PNAS, National Wildlife, Yale News, MSN, Yahoo, and eBird.

In the news
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I’m also a wildlife photographer! My photos have been published in National Geographic books, a variety of newspapers, and have appeared on 14 scientific journal covers.

Photography