2023/2024 Administrators
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Dominique Maucieri I am a PhD student in Biology at the University of Victoria, working in the Bates Lab. I am examining how multiple stressors interact (e.g., marine heatwaves, deoxygenation and human actions) and affect various aspects of coral and rocky reef communities. My aim will be to examine these factors using a hierarchical framework (i.e., spatial, temporal and experimental). Website: dominiquemaucieri.com |
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Peter Thompson
Peter is a postdoc currently employed by the University of Alberta but has nevertheless found a way to ditch the cold, snowy winters for greener pastures in Victoria. Peter's undergraduate education exposed him to a lot of programming and statistics and that experience has led him to explore new techniques for modelling animal movement and habitat selection. Most of Peter's work focuses on the movement patterns and behaviour of grizzly bears and polar bears in Canada. He is very passionate about statistics and modelling and will drone on about these topics ad nauseum to anyone who will listen. He is excited to attend and contribute to Ecostats meetings this fall! |
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Lindsay Clark Lindsay is a PhD student in the Department of Biology, where she studies habitat-forming corals and sponges on seamounts (underwater mountains) off the coast of BC. Lindsay's work focuses on habitat mapping over space and time, predictive modeling, and even some taxonomy! Throughout her undergrad (also at UVic), Lindsay became interested in coding, and has experience with not only R, but also Java, Javascript, and Python. Her stats game defintiely needs some work though and she is super excited to be attending and contributing to Ecostats meetings this fall! |
If you are interested in helping out with Ecostats send us an email, we are always looking for help.
Ecostats?
UVic Ecostats is a graduate student-run group that aims to facilitate the learning of statistics as they apply to ecological systems. We meet on a weekly basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and everyone is welcome to attend. We believe that statistics should not be scary and that we can tackle our ecological stats problems with a group of like-minded peers.
Last year we focused a lot on building skills from the ground up and now with the new cohort of grad students starting, I think we have a lot of people at very different skill levels. To tackle this we are going to have some different series running through the semester. There are 5 different themes we will be working with throughout the year and we will make sure to be clear about which weeks are working in which series.
Last year we focused a lot on building skills from the ground up and now with the new cohort of grad students starting, I think we have a lot of people at very different skill levels. To tackle this we are going to have some different series running through the semester. There are 5 different themes we will be working with throughout the year and we will make sure to be clear about which weeks are working in which series.
