My seabird research primarily focuses on wild populations of long-lived birds and their responses to changes in marine ecosystems, including: population responses to historic and recent changes in climate, foraging and diet, using direct methods (diet analyses, radio tracking, data logger technology) as well as non-invasive methods (stable isotope analysis, molecular diet analyses) and speciation. I also studied parent-offspring interactions as honest signalling system, and the regulation of trade-offs in response to variable environmental conditions, using field endocrinology and immunology.

I started working with birds for my undergraduate Honors thesis at the University of Maine, studying the utility of umbrella species conservation methods based on two species of conservation concern (Purple Sandpiper and Harlequin Duck). My passion for seabird ecology grew as a research assistant for Project Puffin in the Gulf of Maine and now I am a MS student in the Davoren Lab (Dr. Gail Davoren), determining location-specific daily energy expenditure of Razorbills throughout the annual cycle in the northwestern Atlantic using various types of data loggers, including Global Location Sensing (GLS) and/or Time Depth Recorder (TDR) tags.

I currently as the coordinator of Burung Laut Indonesia, a volunteer-based community dedicated to seabird conservation across the country. Since 2009, my team and I have been conducting long-term seabird monitoring in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia where the Christmas Frigatebird has been identified as a key species. Despite the bay's severely polluted waters, it functions as an important migratory stopover and developmental habitat, with more than 1% of the global Christmas Frigatebird population spending their juvenile years in this area. In addition to monitoring, we carry out extensive public awareness and outreach activities, and we collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to enhance public understanding and strengthen the protection of seabirds in Indonesia.

I am a spatial and behavioural ecologist. I examine how seabird movements are influenced by individual, social and environmental factors and how they in turn affect individual breeding success, survival and population dynamics. To do so, I use miniaturized tracking devices coupled with statisical models as well as theoretical models.

My masters thesis is investigating the effect of seabird predation on the spatiotemporal distribution of pelagic fish. I am using echosounder data collected by an unmanned surface vehicle to model the abundance and spatial distribution of fish relative to the largest Guillemot colony in the Baltic Sea.

I am a postdoctoral researcher studying how environmental change and human activities affect seabirds, including light pollution, plastic pollution and climate change.. My research currently focuses on Arctic species, particularly the Little Auk, using biologging, behavioural analysis, and statistical modelling to understand migration, breeding phenology, and responses to climate change. I also work on light pollution and its impacts on seabird navigation and survival. In my role, I design and lead research projects, analyse large movement and behavioural datasets, supervise students, and collaborate internationally. Alongside research, I am active in science communication, peer review, and editorial work, aiming to translate ecological research into conservation-relevant insights.

Currently as a contractor Biologist for the USFWS Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, co-founded the Coastal Bird Breeding Program where we monitor the reproductive success of Least Terns in the salt flats of the Cabo Rojo NWR. We also have social attraction sound system for Least Terns on an elevated platform and manage invasive species. Also, working with the monitoring of seabird nesting on Desecheo Island and with social attraction systems for several seabird species including the Sargasso Shearwater and the Black-capped Petrel. She has worked with other researchers and partners to conduct seabird populations surveys in many of the cays and islands of the Puerto Rico Archipelago for the past 8 years.

Having a luxury of permanent position at uni I am the head of a great research group, where people work on their topic within the three lines of research: 1) seabirds response on the ongoing climate changes, 2) breeding ecology of seabirds (parental care, inter-individual communication, etc), 3) non-breeding ecology (wintering/migration).

I am a seabird biologist focusing on the conservation, and the movement and breeding ecology, of procellariiformes. I am increasingly interested in the interactions of albatross with vessels, which I will explore in my future PhD. I have worked several years in various field technician roles in both the northern and southern hemispheres, but am now finally conducting my two-year MSc at the University of Auckland. This project involves GPS and GLS tagging grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) adults on both east and west coasts of the North Island, whilst monitoring their chicks. I aim to establish the foraging areas of breeding adults, to then understand how oceanographic variables there might be contributing to the mismatched breeding phenology/chick growth of east vs west populations.

My first contact with seabirds was during my Master's degree, in which I developed a molecular survey of hemoparasites in Procellariiformes. As I fell in love with them, I decided to continue approaching these animals in my PhD by investigating their gut microbiome at rehabilitation centers in Brazil. The main idea is to acquire a better understanding of how and if the rehabilitation period impacts the gut microbiome of procellariiform seabirds and, based on this, further discuss more appropriate management practices for rehabilitation and release. Moreover, I also intend to investigate potential zoonotic agents in their gut microbiome. My work has mainly been in rehabilitation centers and in the laboratory, but I'm looking forward to new experiences in the field as well.

In my current role at the Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project, I manage our data systems and assist with planning field operations. The Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project's work is primarily focused on the long-term monitoring and conservation of Hawaiian seabirds and their nesting habitat. Additionally, in 2024, I completed my M.S. degree at Oregon State University, where I studied the foraging ecology and chick provisioning behavior of Marbled Murrelets across contrasting ocean conditions. I am still collaborating with researchers at Oregon State University on this work.

I currently research Black-legged kittiwakes nesting on an oil and gas rig in the Irish Sea, using remote trail cameras and GPS tags. Many platforms such as this one are subject to decommissioning in the next couple of years, and this study colony gives us a rare opportunity to find out the importance of these sites for kittiwakes with a view to understanding the impact of their removal, and how the birds fit into the wider metapopulation. My fieldwork involves stints offshore via helicopter. I am also a trainee ringer, and the Assistant Newsletter Editor for The Seabird Group.