MS Student
Hi! I am thrilled to join the Levi Lab as a master’s student at OSU. My research focuses on bioacoustics as a non-invasive tool for modeling ecosystem dynamics and community ecology, intending to put forth best practices for conserving biological diversity. I have worked on various bioacoustics projects with different taxa, from analyzing elephant vocal communication to building machine-learning models for identifying bees! At OSU, I will use passive acoustic monitoring and remote sensing data (e.g., LiDAR) to study the birds of the PNW forests.
I aim to understand species distribution across various forest management modalities within the Northwest Forest Plan while accounting for ecosystem complexities such as co-occurrence (e.g., Barred Owl and Northern Spotted Owl) and environmental variables (e.g., vegetation density; canopy height). I also seek to understand how/if bird species respond to noise pollution, using acoustic data collected on the Olympic Peninsula, where there is significant air traffic from the nearby naval base on Whidbey Island.
I grew up outside of Boston, MA, and received my bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst. When I am not in the field or the lab, you can usually find me biking, hiking, reading, doing a crossword puzzle, looking for salamanders, and/or dreaming about my cat, Ollie.
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