Associate Professor of Biology Sydne Record was recently interviewed by the National Ecological Observatory Network for their series on women in ecology.
Record spoke about diversity in the field, her career, field research, and using data science in ecological research.
From the article:
One of the biggest challenges is that ecologists have been working at the local plot level, but many current environmental issues are global in nature, so scaling up research of ecological processes across space and time is vital. Also, when working with these datasets, its interdisciplinary workdata science, which combines statistics, computer science, and ecology. Data science is important across multiple fields, and many of todays faculty dont yet have all the skills to do this work. I think the NSF recognizes this challenge, and Im really excited for the this year in my hometown because its about harnessing the ecological data revolution.
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