Research Projects

My primary research is in improving bioacoustic monitoring systems, with a focus on machine learning and microphone array processing. I’ve worked on projects in both terrestrial and marine environments, including localizing critically endangered north Atlantic right whales, unsupervised clustering of intraspecific bird calls, and leveraging techniques from spatial audio to separate overlapping birdsong in a dawn chorus. I also have experience with fieldwork, and, in partnership with local researchers, have deployed acoustic recorders to monitor the ecosystem impact of the reintroduction of a bison herd.

In earlier years, I worked in robotics, with a focus trajectory optimization.

Finally, I’ve also worked on graduate projects in shape/image processing, gait analysis, and other interdisciplinary topics. My undergraduate research focused on quantitative ecology.