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Mae (she/her) is a conservation biologist and spatial data scientist with broad interests in modeling climate-driven change, finding new and engaging approaches to science communication, and conducting applied research in landscape ecology to inform conservation management practices. She has worked on a variety of issues, including refuge expansion in California under the America the Beautiful initiative, U.S.-Mexico border wall removal, community science tools for beaver conservation, and wildlife conflicts with oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic. She holds a BSc in Animal Behavior from Bucknell University and both a Certificate in GIS and MSc in Spatial Data Science from Penn State University. Mae is also a Fellow in the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program working to develop ethical tracking technology for pangolins.

Mae’s past research has taken her into the field studying bush tomatoes in Australia’s Northern Territory, tracking seabird movement and behavior in Alaska, and monitoring a population of endangered Roseate terns in Connecticut. When not at work, Mae can often be found out on one of the many trails across New England, off monitoring seabirds on the coast near her home in Rhode Island, or at a yoga class (bonus points if it’s outdoors!). Her love for nature is undoubtedly rooted in her upbringing in the beautiful Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania, where she will never turn down an early morning paddle on the Delaware River or a hike on the Appalachian Trail at the height of fall foliage.