Responsibilities include:

• Developed mechanistic movement simulation models
• Evaluated and modified statistical models of abundance estimation (e.g., Spatial Capture-Recapture, Random Encounter Model, Distance Sampling, etc.)
• Developed complex workflow of simulations and analyses using

As part of the Theoretical Ecology and Modelling Lab (https://ryanchisholm.com/), I worked on two projects: 1) Determinants of bird diversity on islands across the world, and 2) Undetected extinctions in Singapore. Responsibilities included:

• Created a historical glaciation and sea level map resource (in ArcGIS, QGIS and Python) for simulation input.
• Ran simulations of spatially-explicit neutral models of biodiversity in Python on High Performance Computing clusters.
• Managed and collated data, ran empirical analyses (e.g., GLMM, extinction models), and wrote up manuscripts for publication

Developed mechanistic movement simulations based on spatial memory and individual interactions, and using them to

• evaluate statistical models of population abundance estimation and
• evaluate animal population control measures to assist in management decisions.