DATA SCIENTIST

Mimi is an applied mathematician (PhD from Rice) specializing in computational optimization. She works on applying machine learning and computational modeling to problems in animal behavior and ecology.

POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST

Simone is a computational fluid dynamicist with a broad skill set in fluid dynamics, data visualization, and software development. He is interested in fusing AI tools with behavioral experiments to understand how animals control movement behaviors in nature.

POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTST

Ben recently completed his PhD at Stanford, where he studied the ecology and social behavior of cephalopods. He is interested in the intersection between collective behavior and ecology.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Ling-Wei merges insights from nonlinear dynamics, machine learning, physics, and complex systems to confront ecology's pressing challenges. His interests span levels of organization - from neural to demographic. Ling-Wei’s site.

ROTATING PHD STUDENT

Kaarthik is a second year physics PhD student at Cornell with past research experience in monte-carlo simulations, non-equilibrium DMFT calculations and quantum circuit simulations. He is broadly interested in the idea that individuals in a society with simple rules can aggregate to show very complex behaviors.

PHD STUDENT

Abby completed undergraduate studies at Boston University where she studied tuna fisheries and the impacts of large-scale Marine Protected Areas on fishery ecology. She is broadly interested in ecological dynamics, early life histories, and conservation.

PHD STUDENT

Amlan is a physicist by training with a background in studying animal groups using computational approaches. He is mainly interested in how decision-making, information transfer and movement affect the behavioral aspects of animal groups.

PHD STUDENT

Lucas is a marine biologist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile where he studied both marine biofilms and planktonic network interactions of microorganisms. He is interested in ecosystem and communities dynamics and the potential of machine learning tools to unravel these.  

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER

Sam recently graduated with a data science major from Berkeley. He is working with us on computer vision and machine learning for behavioral inference.

POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST

Mike earned his PhD in Biology from the University of Florida and, before joining us, held an NSF-funded postdoctoral fellowship in Andy Sih’s group at UC Davis. Mike works on cutting-edge science at the interface of ecology, animal behavior, and conservation(Mike’s website). Mike is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST, NRC FELLOW

Ashkaan is a an ecologist with a background in both theory and experiments. He is interested in species interactions, ecosystem dynamics, and generally all things ecological. He worked with us on dynamics of information spread in animal groups. Ashkaan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University.

POSTDOCTORAL + PROJECT SCIENTIST

Vamsi earned his PhD in engineering from Stanford. His work with our lab focused on the interface between physics of fluid flow and fish behavior, ecology, and migration (Vamsi’s website). Vamsi is currently an engineer at Tetra Tech.

UNDERGRAD RESEARCHER

Ben is an Earth and Planetary Sciences major at UC Santa Cruz. He worked with us on machine learning methods for data collection and inferring behavioral control rules.

UNDERGRAD RESEARCHER, TECHNICIAN

Gurleen graduated in Human Biology at UCSC in 2019. She worked with us on escape decision-making and navigation projects. She now applies her scientific skills in the biotech industry.

POSTDOCTORAL + PROJECT SCIENTIST

Natnael worked with us on Machine Learning and AI applications. He is now a data scientist in the private sector.

UNDERGRAD RESEARCHER

Scott is an undergraduate Neuroscience major at UCSC. He worked with us on escape decision-making and underwater computer vision.