Changing migrations in a changing world: a big data perspective

Dr. Benjamin Van Doren studies the eco-evolutionary responses of migratory birds to environmental change. His research spans spatial and population scales and straddles ecology, evolution, behavior, and conservation. Dr. Van Doren earned a PhD in Zoology from Oxford University, and he has received achievement awards from the Linnean Society of London, Zoological Society of London, and the American Ornithological Society. As a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University, he explores how climate change, light pollution, and human-dominated landscapes influence migrants’ ecology and behavior. He is also developing deep-learning approaches for monitoring the billions of migratory birds that cross North America each spring and fall.